Self-Assessment · Chapter 12
The Success Predictor
Evaluate your feature's strategic value. Does it create lasting alignment with your users, or just short-term engagement?
How to read your quadrant.
The y axis asks whether you would use the product yourself. Six questions weight it. Some are straight, some are reversed, so a steady stream of agreement does not pull the score in one direction by default.
The x axis asks whether the user thanks you later. Six more questions, same structure. Together the two axes place the product in one of four quadrants. The Strategic Advantage. The Engagement Hook. The Transaction. The Misalignment.
The Strategic Advantage is the only way to build a sustainable business. The Engagement Hook drives usage but lacks core value. The Transaction generates revenue but burns trust. The Misalignment costs time and money. Run this every quarter to ensure you are building for long-term growth.