Measure

Use Performance and Tests

Separate observed results from credited impact, and use a controlled test when the decision needs stronger evidence.

Applies to current Liva 7 Updated Maintained by the Liva 7 product team
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    Outcome

    Separate observed results from credited impact, and use a controlled test when the decision needs stronger evidence.

    Before you begin

    A defined change, comparison period and enough data for the result to be informative.

    Keep control

    Keep observed performance separate from impact that can reasonably be credited to the change.

    Read Performance honestly

    Performance shows commercial results and learning connected to Liva 7 work. Always separate three questions:

    Observed
    What happened during the selected period.
    Influenced
    What occurred after an eligible interaction or exposure, without proving causation by itself.
    Credited
    What the measurement method can reasonably attribute to the change.

    Check the time window, comparison, audience, exclusions and sample size. Zero, Unknown, Learning and Unavailable are different states and should remain distinct.

    Run a controlled test

    1. Write the question.State what you want to learn and why the answer matters.
    2. Choose one meaningful change.A narrow test is easier to interpret than several simultaneous changes.
    3. Set the comparison and measure.Decide how the experience will be compared and which outcome will answer the question.
    4. Add guardrails.Define what would make you pause, such as a delivery fault or an unacceptable customer effect.
    5. Allow enough evidence.Do not stop only because an early result looks encouraging or disappointing.
    6. Record the learning.Keep the result, limitation and next decision together.
    No guaranteed result

    A test can reduce uncertainty. It cannot guarantee that the same outcome will continue across a different audience, season or store context.

    Finish with a check

    Check the result

    The result names the comparison, time period, evidence limits and the decision it can support.