Outcomes Over Output
About this book
A brief book built on one distinction. Output is what you build and outcome is the change in human behaviour that follows. Seiden gives three questions for defining an outcome, describes the Magic Machine exercise for connecting behaviours to business results, and covers running a team against an outcome target rather than a delivery date. Short enough to read in a sitting and largely free of framework overhead.
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Related concepts
- Measuring valueValue is established by evidence rather than assertion, and the Increment is what makes it inspectable.
- Outcome and outputOutput is what the team produced. Outcome is what changed for someone because of it. A product owner is accountable for the second and is usually measured on the first.