Outputs vs Inputs ℹ️ - Deepstash

Outputs vs Inputs ℹ️

Most metrics like a retention metric or revenue metric are output metrics. These are metrics you should should monitor.

Giving output metrics to teams as goals can be dangerous. They need to know how to break them down into input metrics to make them actionable. When this doesn't happen it leads to teams thrashing between things.

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