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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Strategy Map |  Growth North Star Metric |  Growth A/B Testing |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | High |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h workshop plus review | 1-2 h | 1-4 Wochen | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-8 | 1-6 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Strategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect Hypotheses | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | StrategyMetricsExecution |