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Octalysis is a practitioner framework built from observing games, not a validated scientific model.Actionable Gamification Ch.15, pp.399-400

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Diagnostic question
How customers pay
revenue model question
Finds the revenue model, which decides whether paying should wait for a habit or is itself the value event.
Diagnostic question
Weekly sign-ups or orders
traffic volume question
Sizes the traffic at the step that matters, which decides whether a standard A/B test can read in time or small-sample designs apply.
Diagnostic question
The key action at each stage
desired actions question
Names the one action wanted from users at each lifecycle stage, so every lens rates the right behavior.
Diagnostic question
Runway and revenue priority
cash mode question
Checks runway and whether revenue is the top metric, which can make paying co-binding with the main constraint.
Diagnostic question
Quick scan: what brings users back
external trigger quick scan
The second of Hooked's five fundamental questions, used as the default quick scan of the external-trigger link.
Diagnostic question
User quick ratio
growth accounting question
Computes new plus resurrected over churned users for the last 28 days, and how long it has been below 1.

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