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Criterion
Paper illustration of Spotify Model Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Spotify Model Mapping
A paper-based illustration representing North Star Metric with its core stages and visible working result.
Growth
North Star Metric
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Purposedifferent
When a team landscape has grown without clear grouping, it maps roles and relationships onto the Spotify model. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Spotify model map and action list.When product teams track many metrics, the view of the actual customer outcome easily gets lost. A North Star Metric bundles growth, usage, and value contribution into one signal that makes the system's direction visible.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
90-180 min1-2 h1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
5-153-84-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Spotify Model Map, Action ListNorth Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadenceAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tags1 shared
TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis
GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
Paper illustration of KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
KPI Tree
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid