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Secondary metric

Also called: secondary outcome

ELI5

Another number that helps explain the result.

Used in conversation

“Support contacts are a secondary metric.”

Definition

An additional measure used to understand effects beyond the primary outcome.

Here “Secondary metric” means: An additional measure used to understand effects beyond the primary outcome.

Pitch context

You will see “Secondary metric” in product strategy decks, roadmaps, experiments and architecture reviews when the discussion reaches experiments, testing & rollout.

Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret experiments, testing & rollout without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.

Sources & evidence · 2

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.

Scrum Guides — The Scrum Guide — official current versionSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16
National Institute of Standards and Technology — Computer Security Resource Center GlossarySupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16