{"id":7860,"date":"2020-06-04T08:48:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T07:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/?p=7860"},"modified":"2025-01-13T16:26:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T16:26:51","slug":"recording-outcomes-moving-your-product-in-the-right-direction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/blog\/recording-outcomes-moving-your-product-in-the-right-direction\/","title":{"rendered":"Recording Outcomes: Moving Your Product in the Right Direction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A roadmap<\/a> is only as good as the problems it solves. But, how do you know if you\u2019ve made the right decision and built the right stuff for your customers? This is why product managers need to record outcomes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s important to look back at completed work, not only to record your findings but to communicate what your team has achieved. This allows you to understand the impact of your work, maintain a customer-centric approach, and allow for positive growth. Understanding these achievements, and being able to evaluate why you made certain decisions will help shape your product strategy when moving forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Setting a baseline <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Make a brief note on the roadmap initiative to document what success looks like. This will help indicate if you have achieved your objective. Do you have any key results you are tracking against the initiative or ideas? This is the time to outline your baseline. Remember, you can link directly to objectives and key results<\/a> so you can see what else is impacting the outcome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You then need to come up with some key results to track. Key results are metrics you will use to measure success. For example, if your objective is revenue, your key result might be to increase revenue by 10% in the second quarter. Setting a key result and recording the outcome allows you to look back, learn, adjust, and pivot if needed – depending on the result. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Outcomes can be recorded on completed key results<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Recording the outcome <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Once the initiative is completed, it\u2019s now time to review your work. Here\u2019s a template I like to use:<\/p>\n\n\n\n