the north star metric
expressionops cultureweb dev
The single measure a team agrees best captures the value it delivers, used to align everyone's work.
Rather than chase a dozen dashboards, a team picks one guiding metric - active users, jobs completed, time to value - and steers by it. Chosen well it focuses effort; chosen badly it becomes a number people game while the real goal drifts.
Also known as: north star, north star metric