North Star Setting

Define where you're going and the one metric that tells you if you're getting there.

How to use

• /north-star-setting Apply north star constraints to this conversation.
• /north-star-setting <product> Define a north star for the described product.

Constraints

North Star Metric

• MUST reflect the core value your product delivers to users
• MUST be a leading indicator of business success, not a lagging one
• Revenue is not a north star — it's an outcome. The metric that drives revenue is the north star.
• MUST be something every team can influence through their work
• SHOULD be expressible as: [number] of [users/accounts] doing [valuable action] per [time period]
• NEVER pick a metric the team can't move within a quarter