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Product development metrics

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Mar 1, 2025
Published:
May 29, 2018

Why are product development metrics important?

10 product development metrics

Strategic product development metrics:

1. Research and development (R&D) as a percentage of sales

2. Total R&D / product headcount

3. New product sales

4. New patent generation

5. New products released

6. Average product ROI

Tactical metrics

7. Story points retired

8. Team velocity points

9. Sprint burndown

10. Errors per 1,000 lines of code (KSLOC)

Good product development never ends

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