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How to define and use KPIs

Choose a few standing product-health indicators, then establish a repeatable evidence-led review distinct from quarterly OKRs.

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Input3 required inputsProduct goals and the health decisions to make · Existing measurement definitions and recent readings · Initiative focus and approved Product Brain guidance
SkillsDefine product success measures · Prepare task context · Review an artifact against agreed criteriaProduct Manager + Product Manager Agent
OutcomeKPI definitions with baseline, source, owner and window, plus the review cadence and agreed responses.Artifact: Success metrics

Owner

Product Manager

Human + Agent

Participants · Agents

Data AnalystHead of ProductProduct Manager Agent

Trigger

ScheduledProduct goals need standing health signals, or a KPI review is due.

Required context

Product BrainProduct goals and the health decisions to makeAnalyticsExisting measurement definitions and recent readingsProduct BrainInitiative focus and approved Product Brain guidance

Optional context

FilesKnown data-quality limitationsProduct BrainCurrent OKRs

Skills

Define product success measuresPrepare task contextReview an artifact against agreed criteria

Suggested conversation arc

  1. 1Choose health signalsStart from user value and business goals. Select a small set of leading and lagging signals; reject metrics that could rise without product success.Skills: Prepare task context
  2. 2Define comparable measuresSpecify numerator, denominator where applicable, population, window, source, owner and current baseline. Mark unavailable measurements as gaps rather than zero.Skills: Define product success measures
  3. 3Review the latest evidenceCompare current readings with the baseline and expected range, considering data quality and segment differences before interpreting movement.Skills: Review an artifact against agreed criteria
  4. 4Agree response and cadenceDecide which readings require investigation or action and when to review again. Keep the standing KPI separate from a time-bound improvement objective.

Output

KPI definitions with baseline, source, owner and window, plus the review cadence and agreed responses.

Artifacts

Creates: Success metrics

What good looks like

  • Every metric can be calculated consistently from its stated definition.
  • Targets and observations are not conflated.
  • Missing data is recorded as an instrumentation gap, never as an invented value.

Quality gate

The Product Manager decides which readings trigger action and confirms the review cadence.

Destination

Product BrainConfluence

Usually next

People and agents work from the same Product Brain. The owner stays accountable. Assigned agents prepare and check. A named person approves at the gate.

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