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title: "Qualities of a great North Star metric"
description: "A good North Star Metric reflects your app's core value: actionable, measurable, time-bound, a future indicator, broad yet specific, and hard to game."
url: https://uxcam.com/academy/mobile-app-product-management-certification/qualities-of-a-great-north-star-metric/
language: en-US
date_published: 2023-11-10T09:34:59.281Z
date_modified: 2026-10-08T13:16:51.241Z
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[Mobile Product Management Certification](https://uxcam.com/academy/mobile-app-product-management-certification/) · Lesson 3 of 21

# Qualities of a great North Star metric

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This lesson discusses the criteria for selecting an effective North Star Metric.

**Key takeaways:**

A good North Star Metric should be:

- Aligned with your app’s core value
- Actionable
- Measurable
- Time-bound
- A future indicator
- Broad yet specific
- Not easily gamed

- Slides:[Lesson slides](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Lpx7Ivo5j_mr7Zr-gIfJqU08IXGHJIiO/view?usp=sharing)

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