What are some of the *worst* KPIs for Product Managers to commit to achieving?

Let's cover this in two ways: (1) how to think about KPIs, (2) examples of poor ones and how they can be better. I'll also approach the question a little more broadly tha...

Some of the worst KPI's in my opinion are: KPI's that cannot be measured correctly KPI's that do not give a sense for the goal you are tracking. You can use the AARRR (A...

Rates: To me without absolute numbers, rates may paint a false picture. Let me explain with an example. Lets say you have a trial experience for your product and you are...

The worst KPIs are those that don’t provide actionable insight. A common misconception is that tracking NPS or CSAT for a chatbot is inherently bad - it isn’t. These metr...

The worst KPIs to commit to are the ones you can’t commit to at all. We can set targets and metrics and make dashboards, but that’s exactly what they are - targets. I rec...

A product manager should prioritize addressing customer problems to create long-term value and profitability for the business. , there are several ineffective KPIs that w...

KPIs around delight unless this is your key product differentiator (which is proven to be compelling to customers). Focus on building an intuitive and effective product e...

Since the question suggests “achievements”, I assume we want to reason about Key Results and not KPIs. See question: “What are good OKRs for product management?” for a ge...

For me, the worst KPIs for Product Managers are the ones that measure output instead of outcome, or that can look great on a slide while customers and the business see no...

The worst KPIs are vanity metrics that have no ties back to actual adoption or business metrics. I once had a product manager commit to hitting a number of emails a notif...

This could really range based upon the company, your users, your target goals, where you are in your business lifecyle, etc. The most basic ones are: acquisition, activat...

Some of the worst KPIs for Product Managers are those that reward activity over impact or ignore user value. Examples:Number of features shipped — encourages output, not ...

There can be 2 sets of KPIs that can be "worst" metrics.The set that we cannot commit to.The set that we can commit , track tasks completed but dont measure outcomes. We ...

Maybe this is controversial, but I believe KPIs should be hypothesis-oriented with an eye towards learning what is and is not working to move the needle on an overarching...

I might contradict some of the PMs out there when I say this but here we go and Ill prove it: 1. The numbers of released features I think this is a bad one to track bec...