Funding buys the obligation to measure. This module covers the OLM outcome model: leading indicators you track from week one, lagging business outcomes reviewed at each gate, and the difference between output metrics (features shipped) and outcome metrics (behaviour changed, cost avoided, revenue created). You will learn to define a small, honest measure set for an initiative, wire it into the quarterly portfolio review, and — hardest of all — report a red metric without spin. Includes the standard outcome canvas used across Schneider Digital.
📊 For the PMO
The measurement backbone for your portfolio reviews. It standardises the outcome canvas, distinguishes leading from lagging indicators, and sets the expectation that red metrics are reported plainly — which only holds if reviews treat honest reds better than polished ambers. The measure sets defined here feed directly into gate decisions and the benefits register. Track this: every funded initiative with a completed outcome canvas within two weeks of tranche release.
🎯 For Product Owners
Funding buys the obligation to measure, and you carry it. This module turns that into practice: a small measure set per initiative, leading indicators from week one, and the discipline of separating outputs (shipped) from outcomes (changed behaviour, saved cost). Reporting a red metric without spin is a skill the board notices — in your favour. Takeaway for your backlog: give every epic one leading indicator you could report next sprint, not next quarter.
🤝 For Scrum Masters
Outcome measures shape team behaviour, so you should understand what they reward. This module helps you spot when a team is optimising output metrics that look green while outcomes stall, and gives you the outcome canvas as a retro artefact: is our work moving the measure we committed to? Try this with your team: put the initiative's outcome measures on the sprint review agenda once, and see how the conversation changes.
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