Meeting Tools to Get Started - 8 Project North Star
- Eddy Lim
- Apr 23, 2021
- 1 min read
Develop a strong foundation by establishing a common understanding as a team on a new project or program.
Project North Star is a tool designed to align on a project's goals, roles, target audience, and other essential details so that teams can work effectively and efficiently. Use this as teams are forming around new projects, new business pitches or ad-hoc client requests.
It can be done in solo or in groups of 2-10, or 10+ with a time spent of over 60 minutes.
In the world of product, this is often referred to as finding your “customer’s a-ha moment”. If you can pinpoint the early actions that lead to your customers becoming retained, you have an effective north star metric that’s a strong leading indicator. Your product north star should be a leading indicator of future business outcomes.
Facebook North Star Example: In its early days, Facebook famously chose “# users adding 7 friends in the first 10 days” as their key metric. If you are interested in how to go about identifying those critical actions – here’s a detailed guide!
Methodology:
LEAD -
* Warm-up and Set-up
* Gather individual contributions
* Review and sort
* Identify follow-ups
* Finalize the Project North Star document
Tools Needed:
Video Conference Platform Virtual Whiteboard, i.e. Mural, or other shared document platform (optional)
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