Step 5 – Define success

As the final stage of setting the vision, we should work with our Product Owner to define how we will recognize success. This not only gives us a clear idea of what the expected outcome of our work is, but also helps us understand where we should put our emphasis.

It's also a time to consider any assumptions that might have been made and to put these out in the open, as ultimately this is what contributes to unmet expectations the most. For example, does this mission require rapid experimentation to see what works in a real-world environment, so we can then learn and build based on our results? Or is it a mission where we have already gained a clear idea of what we need via user research, and we need to build out something ...

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