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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 OKRs with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
OKRs
Paper illustration for Flywheel.
Growth
Flywheel
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 strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review.Growth often breaks down where a reinforcing mechanism builds up too much friction. A Flywheel shows the cycle of value, repetition, and reinforcement meant to sustain growth.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h workshop plus review1-2 h Setup60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
4-102-203-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Strategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect HypothesesOKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadenceFlywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog
Tagsno overlap
AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality
GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement
GrowthRetentionConversion
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A paper-based illustration representing North Star Metric with its core stages and visible working result.
Growth
North Star Metric
Paper objective sheet with five SMART fields, baseline, target, owner, deadline and a complete result statement.
Product Strategy
SMART Goals
Funnel Analysis workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
Funnel Analysis
Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric