Product KPIs
Roadmap, delivery, R&D efficiency, quality. 16 KPIs in this domain — 1 anchored to third-party standards, 15 editorial.
Roadmap, delivery, R&D efficiency, quality
Industry-backed KPIs (1)
| KPI | Rogue ID | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| R&D Monthly Spend | product.rd_monthly_spend | Currency | KBCM/Sapphire SaaS Survey 2024 (15th Annual) |
Editorial KPIs (15)
This domain has 15 additional I'mBoard-authored KPIs that ship in the JSON / MCP catalog but don't yet have a dedicated page here. Fetch them:
curl https://app.imboard.ai/api/ontology/product.json \
| jq '[.kpis[] | select(.definitionSource.tier == "editorial") | {rogueId, defaultLabel}]'See methodology for what editorial-tier means and epic #1415 for the back-attribution workstream.
Machine-readable
- JSON for this domain (all 16 KPIs, tier-labeled):
/api/ontology/product.json - Full catalog:
/api/ontology/index.json - Or via MCP:
browse_rogue_kpis({ domain: 'product' }).
Voluntary Turnover Rate
Voluntary exits over a trailing period, expressed as an annualized percentage of average headcount — the headline attrition number on the HR scorecard. Anchored to the Mercer US Turnover Survey methodology (Mercer reports voluntary vs involuntary turnover annually). Common pitfall: comparing a single quarter's annualized rate against an annual benchmark — short-window annualization is noisy. Best practice is trailing-12-months for benchmark comparison and trailing-3 or trailing-6 for trend reads. Per #1426: stage-specific industry norms here are folk-wisdom unless tied to a specific Mercer or comparable published cut. — HR KPI anchored to Mercer US Turnover Survey 2025.
R&D Monthly Spend
Total monthly cash outflow on research and development — fully-loaded engineering, product, and design payroll plus tooling, infrastructure dedicated to product development, contractors, and direct R&D vendor spend. The "input" side of R&D efficiency. Common pitfall: companies report base-payroll R&D and exclude the loaded cost (benefits, stock comp at cash-cost basis, allocated rent, dev tooling), under-reporting true R&D burn by 25–40%. Boards should always ask whether the number is base-payroll, fully-loaded, or GAAP R&D expense — they tell different stories. The KBCM/Sapphire SaaS Survey reports R&D as a percentage of revenue for its company panel — use that as the benchmarking lens. — Product KPI anchored to KBCM/Sapphire SaaS Survey 2024 (15th Annual).