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Criterion
Paper illustration of Strategy Map with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategy Map
A paper-based illustration representing North Star Metric with its core stages and visible working result.
Growth
North Star Metric
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
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.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 two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
2-4 h workshop plus review1-2 h1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
4-103-81-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Strategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect HypothesesNorth Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadenceExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
Tagsno overlap
AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality
GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
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A paper-based illustration representing Pirate Metrics (AARRR) with its core stages and visible working result.
Growth
Pirate Metrics AARRR
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard