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Criterion
Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
Paper illustration for Intervention Mapping.
Systems Thinking
Intervention Mapping
A paper-based illustration representing North Star Metric with its core stages and visible working result.
Growth
North Star Metric
Purposedifferent
Systems Mapping arranges elements, relationships, and boundaries so a complex field becomes legible at a glance. The overview stabilizes the overall picture before detail work or steering begins.Intervention Mapping translates a need for change into a planned, evaluable program. The method connects target group, determinants, actions, and measurement into a traceable chain.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-5 Tage1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-124-123-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
System Map, Dependencies, Leverage PointsLogic Model, Change Objectives, Intervention Components, Evaluation PlanNorth Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
ChangeSystems thinkingCapability
GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention
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Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric