measure-instrumentation-spec

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Specifies what analytics events to track, when they fire, and what properties to include, as a contract between product and engineering that prevents undertracked features. Use before engineering builds a feature or when auditing existing tracking for gaps. For the dashboard built on top of these events, use measure-dashboard-requirements instead.

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<!-- PM-Skills | https://github.com/product-on-purpose/pm-skills | Apache 2.0 --> # Instrumentation Spec An instrumentation spec defines what analytics events to track, when to fire them, and what properties to include. It serves as a contract between product and engineering, ensuring consistent data collection that enables accurate measurement. Good instrumentation specs prevent the "we can't answer that question because we didn't track it" problem. ## When to Use - Before engineering implements a new feature - When defining analytics requirements for experiments - When auditing existing tracking for gaps or inconsistencies - When onboarding a new analytics tool - Before launch to ensure measurement is in place ## When NOT to Use - You are specifying the dashboard built on top of the events -> use `measure-dashboard-requirements` - You need experiment-specific metrics and variants, not product-wide tracking -> use `measure-experiment-design` - The feature itself is not yet specified (no flows to instrument) -> use `deliver-prd` first - You are analyzing data you already collect -> use `measure-experiment-results` or `measure-survey-analysis` ## Instructions When asked to create an instrumentation spec, follow these steps: 1. **Define Analytics Goals** Start with the questions you need to answer. What will you measure? What decisions will this data inform? This prevents over-instrumentation while ensuring nothing important is missed. 2. **Identify Events to Track*...

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product-on-purpose/pm-skills
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