{"id":3186,"date":"2015-03-30T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prodpad.com?p=3186&preview_id=3186"},"modified":"2022-12-14T13:50:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T13:50:48","slug":"setting-success-criteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/blog\/setting-success-criteria\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u201cDid It Work?\u201d Test: Setting Success Criteria for your Products"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Although “Did it work?” test might seem\u00a0a little too abstract to hold up to any meaningful metric, I have a quick\u00a0way you can measure the success of any one of your new product features by reframing the way you ask that question.

But before we get to that, you have your metrics,\u00a0right? You should never develop an idea, let alone start working on it without establishing success metrics (or criteria) for it first. If you’re tacking these on as an\u00a0afterthought, you’re in trouble. You might be spending precious resources building something you can’t measure, which will make it difficult for you to justify whether it was worth it.

Don’t leave this for later – do not pass go until you\u00a0identify success metrics first. As in, try this exercise before you go forward with any new idea.

So what’s my big idea?\u00a0Isolate\u00a0just one idea and develop new success criteria for that idea alone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So for example, ask yourself: “Does my success criteria for this idea…”:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n