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Criterion
Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
A paper-based illustration representing North Star Metric with its core stages and visible working result.
Growth
North Star Metric
Paper illustration of Hooked Model with its method-specific working model.
Growth
Hooked Model
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.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.The Hooked Model helps clarify engagement loops, user behavior, and experiments. It makes repeat behavior measurable and captures the result as a hooked loop, trigger map, and reward design.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-2 hMultiple workshops over several weeks
Participantsdifferent
3-123-82-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
System Map, Dependencies, Leverage PointsNorth Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadenceHooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics check
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention
GrowthBehaviorRetention
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Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
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Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
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Paper illustration for Intervention Mapping.
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