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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Working Backwards |  Growth North Star Metric |  Growth Hooked Model |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When the target state and benefit need to be clear first, it thinks backward from the desired outcome into the product logic. It sharpens vision, objections, and value proposition before elaboration. | 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. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 4-8 h, mehrere Iterationen | 1-2 h | Multiple workshops over several weeks | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 3-8 | 2-8 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Future Press Release, FAQ, Vision Statement | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence | Hooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics check | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | VisionNarrativeAlignment | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention | GrowthBehaviorRetention | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |