You're leading a cross-functional engineering effort and need a clear way to tell whether the work is on track before the final outcome is obvious. Leadership wants a simple view of project health, but different stakeholders care about different signals.
How do you decide what metrics or signals tell you a project is healthy?
Final business outcomes often appear too late to manage the project day to dayExecution metrics can look green while customer impact is weakDifferent projects need different health signalsA small number of metrics must still capture delivery risk, quality, and valueAssume you are an Engineering Manager at Beacon Talent leading an important initiative on the Beacon Talent platform, such as improving candidate-to-role matching or recruiter workflow automation. You need to define a project health view that works for engineering, product, and leadership.