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by staysaasy 2108 days ago
Decide and communicate the metrics that matter for your business, then constantly educate and remind engineers of how they can help to reach those goals. Increases the number of good ideas from people with the best context and reduces the bridges-to-nowhere.
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Be careful on this one. When not done well it quickly leads to people optimizing for metrics rather than outcomes. It's also a quick path to dark patterns.
Yes, it has to be done extremely carefully. Picking metrics well is one of the most important jobs of company leadership.