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Criterion
Paper illustration of Strategy Map with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategy Map
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
A paper-based illustration representing North Star Metric with its core stages and visible working result.
Growth
North Star Metric
Purposedifferent
A Strategy Map translates strategy into a few connected objectives across perspectives such as finance, customers, processes, and learning. This makes visible which capabilities and activities are meant to drive which results.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h workshop plus review1-2 h Setup, laufend1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
4-1013-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Strategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect HypothesesAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineNorth Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence
Tagsno overlap
AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention
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Paper objective sheet with five SMART fields, baseline, target, owner, deadline and a complete result statement.
Product Strategy
SMART Goals
Paper illustration for Weekly Review.
Operations
Weekly Review
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard