KPI Library
The GrowthFlowEngineering KPI Standard defines the 300+ atomic metrics used to measure valuation vectors across RevenueOps, EBITDAOps, and CashFlowOps.
These definitions are the "Measures" in the Internal Value Chain.
CAC per Booked Meeting
Cost to acquire a booked meeting (Marketing & Sales spend / Meetings).
PLG Activation Rate
Percentage of signups that reach the activation milestone.
Product Qualified Leads (PQLs)
Users who have reached the activation moment and fit the ICP.
Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR)
Total annualized value of active subscription contracts.
Meeting Booked Rate (Outbound)
Percentage of contacted prospects who book a meeting.
Connection Accept Rate
Percentage of sent LinkedIn connection requests that are accepted.
Outbound Reply Rate
Percentage of prospects who reply to an initial outbound message.
Activation Rate (first 7 days)
Share of new signups that are activated within the first 7 days (pilot definition).
Onboarding Completion Rate
Share of new signups that complete the onboarding flow within target window.
Activated-to-SQL Conversion%
Share of activated users who convert to SQL within the observation window.
PQLs per Week
Count of product-qualified leads (PQLs) generated per week. Ensure PQL definition version is linked in S-801.
Social Selling Index (SSI)
LinkedIn's measure of a salesperson's social selling skills and execution.
ROAS (Return on Ad Spend) / revenue/spend
Revenue generated for every dollar spent on advertising.
Weekly Active Users per Cohort
Weekly active users for a cohort bucketed by signup week and acquisition channel.
Converted Trial Rate
Share of trials that convert to paid within the billing observation window.
Event Registrants
Total number of unique sign-ups for a webinar, conference, or hosted event.
Event Attendance Rate
The percentage of registrants who actually attend the live event.
Paid CAC (Customer Acquisition Cost)
The average cost to acquire a new customer specifically through paid advertising channels (Ad Spend / New Customers from Paid).
CAC per Booked Meeting
Cost of acquiring a customer specifically through social selling channels.
Cost per Qualified Lead (Conference)
Return on investment from conference sponsorships/attendance.
Website Conversion Rate
Percentage of website visitors who convert to a lead/signup.
Account Profitability %
Account Profitability % for Health Monitoring & QBRs
Accrual Forecast Variance %
Accrual Forecast Variance % for Compensation Design
Activated-to-Retention Conversion %
Activated-to-Retention Conversion % for Strategic Architecture
Activated-to-SQL Conversion%
Activated-to-SQL Conversion% for Inbound & Product — Product-Led Growth (PLG)
Activation Rate (first 7 days)
Activation Rate (first 7 days) for Inbound & Product — Product-Led Growth (PLG)
Active Member Count
Active Member Count for Community Building & Events
Ad CTR / clicks/impressions * 100
Ad CTR / clicks/impressions * 100 for Inbound & Channel — Paid Acquisition (Ads)
Advocacy Participation Rate
Advocacy Participation Rate for Onboarding & Implementation
Advocacy Program ROI %
Advocacy Program ROI % for Advocacy & Evangelism
Advocacy Sourced Opportunities %
Advocacy Sourced Opportunities % for Health Monitoring & QBRs
Advocate Identification Rate %
Advocate Identification Rate % for Advocacy & Evangelism
Alert Coverage (%)
Alert Coverage (%) for Outbound — Digital Lead Gen (Email)
Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR)
Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) for Strategic Architecture
Approval Cycle Time
Approval Cycle Time for Pipeline Management
ARR Lost to Churn (USD)
ARR Lost to Churn (USD) for Churn Save & Winback
Attributed Sessions %
Attributed Sessions % for RevOps Stack Management
Attribution Accuracy (%)
Attribution Accuracy (%) for Outbound — Digital Lead Gen (Email)
Auth Pass Rate
Auth Pass Rate for Outbound — Digital Lead Gen (Email)
Average Call Duration
Average Call Duration for Strategic Architecture
Avg Suppression Processing Time (hrs per suppression)
Avg Suppression Processing Time (hrs per suppression) for Outbound — Digital Lead Gen (Email)
CAC (Paid Channel)
CAC (Paid Channel) for Strategic Architecture
CAC Payback Period
CAC Payback Period for Strategic Architecture
CAC per Booked Meeting
CAC per Booked Meeting for Outbound — Social Selling (LinkedIn)
CAC per MQL
CAC per MQL for Inbound & Channel — Inbound Content & SEO
CAC per Qualified Referral
CAC per Qualified Referral for Inbound & Channel — Partnerships & Referrals
Case Study Production Rate
Case Study Production Rate for Advocacy & Evangelism
Close Rate from Negotiation
Close Rate from Negotiation for Closing & Contracts — Negotiation & Contracting
Closed-Won Handover Completion %
Closed-Won Handover Completion % for Closing & Contracts — Negotiation & Contracting
Coached Call Volume per Rep
Coached Call Volume per Rep for Sales Coaching & Performance Management
Coached Opportunity Coverage %
Coached Opportunity Coverage % for Sales Coaching & Performance Management
Community Participation Rate %
Community Participation Rate % for Advocacy & Evangelism
Competency Coverage %
Competency Coverage % for Sales Coaching & Performance Management
Complaint Rate
Complaint Rate for Outbound — Digital Lead Gen (Email)
Conference Registrations per Event
Conference Registrations per Event for Inbound & Channel — Conferences & Trade Shows
Connect Rate (Calls)
Connect Rate (Calls) for Outbound — Cold Calling (Telephony)
Connect Rate (Social Outreach)
Connect Rate (Social Outreach) for Strategic Architecture
Connection Accept Rate
Connection Accept Rate for Outbound — Social Selling (LinkedIn)
Content Engagement Rate %
Content Engagement Rate % for Community Building & Events
Contract Gross Margin %
Contract Gross Margin % for Closing & Contracts — Negotiation & Contracting
Contract Velocity (days)
Contract Velocity (days) for Closing & Contracts — Negotiation & Contracting
Converted Trial Rate
Converted Trial Rate for Inbound & Product — Product-Led Growth (PLG)
Cost per Qualified Lead (Conference)
Cost per Qualified Lead (Conference) for Inbound & Channel — Conferences & Trade Shows
Cost per Qualified Lead per Event
Cost per Qualified Lead per Event for Inbound & Channel — Webinars & Events
CPC (Paid) / cost_per_click
CPC (Paid) / cost_per_click for Inbound & Channel — Paid Acquisition (Ads)
Credit Approval Cycle Time
Credit Approval Cycle Time for Churn Save & Winback
Credit Calculation Accuracy %
Credit Calculation Accuracy % for Compensation Design
Cross-sell Campaign Response %
Cross-sell Campaign Response % for Cross-sell & Up-sell Campaigns
Cycle time to contract
Cycle time to contract for Pipeline Management
Dashboard Freshness (minutes per update)
Dashboard Freshness (minutes per update) for Outbound — Digital Lead Gen (Email)
Data Sync Error Rate %
Data Sync Error Rate % for RevOps Stack Management
Deal Desk Cycle Time
Deal Desk Cycle Time for Closing & Contracts — Deal Desk & Proposals
Deal Margin %
Deal Margin % for Closing & Contracts — Deal Desk & Proposals
Deliverability Rate (first send)
Deliverability Rate (first send) for Outbound — Digital Lead Gen (Email)
Deliverability Rate
Deliverability Rate for Outbound — Digital Lead Gen (Email)
Discount Approval Rate
Discount Approval Rate for Closing & Contracts — Deal Desk & Proposals
Discovery Calls Booked Rate
Discovery Calls Booked Rate for Outbound — Social Selling (LinkedIn)
Dispute Resolution Cycle Time
Dispute Resolution Cycle Time for Compensation Design
Duplicate Campaign Rate %
Duplicate Campaign Rate % for RevOps Stack Management
Duplicate Record Rate %
Duplicate Record Rate % for RevOps Stack Management
Engagement Rate
Engagement Rate for Outbound — Social Selling (LinkedIn)
Escalation Resolution Rate %
Escalation Resolution Rate % for Churn Save & Winback
Eval Scorecard Completion %
Eval Scorecard Completion % for RevOps Stack Management
Event Meetings Completed #
Event Meetings Completed # for Community Building & Events
Event Registrations per Event
Event Registrations per Event for Inbound & Channel — Webinars & Events
Executive Engagement Rate
Executive Engagement Rate for Closing & Contracts — Negotiation & Contracting
Expansion Bookings (USD)
Expansion Bookings (USD) for Cross-sell & Up-sell Campaigns
Expansion Commission Accuracy %
Expansion Commission Accuracy % for Cross-sell & Up-sell Campaigns
Expansion MQL-to-Owner Match %
Expansion MQL-to-Owner Match % for Cross-sell & Up-sell Campaigns
Expansion Opportunity Conversion Rate %
Expansion Opportunity Conversion Rate % for Cross-sell & Up-sell Campaigns
Expansion Proposal Acceptance Rate %
Expansion Proposal Acceptance Rate % for Cross-sell & Up-sell Campaigns
Forecast Accuracy (Churn) %
Forecast Accuracy (Churn) % for Renewal Management
Forecast Accuracy
Forecast Accuracy for Health Monitoring & QBRs
Gross Retention Rate %
Gross Retention Rate % for Renewal Management
Health Score Coverage %
Health Score Coverage % for Health Monitoring & QBRs
Idle License Rate %
Idle License Rate % for RevOps Stack Management
Implementation Cycle Time (days)
Implementation Cycle Time (days) for Onboarding & Implementation
Implementation Revenue Recognized
Implementation Revenue Recognized for Onboarding & Implementation
Inbound CAC (Paid per Qualified Lead) / spend/qualified_leads
Inbound CAC (Paid per Qualified Lead) / spend/qualified_leads for Inbound & Channel — Paid Acquisition (Ads)
Key Account Attendance Rate %
Key Account Attendance Rate % for Community Building & Events
Landing Conversion Rate
Landing Conversion Rate for Inbound & Channel — Inbound Content & SEO
Landing Page Conversion Rate (Paid) / conversions/landing_visitors * 100
Landing Page Conversion Rate (Paid) / conversions/landing_visitors * 100 for Inbound & Channel — Paid Acquisition (Ads)
Legal Review Cycle Time
Legal Review Cycle Time for Closing & Contracts — Deal Desk & Proposals
LMS Completion Rate %
LMS Completion Rate % for Sales Coaching & Performance Management
Meeting Booked Rate (Call sequence)
Meeting Booked Rate (Call sequence) for Outbound — Cold Calling (Telephony)
Meeting Booked Rate
Meeting Booked Rate for Outbound — Social Selling (LinkedIn)
Meetings Booked (Volume)
Meetings Booked (Volume) for Strategic Architecture
Negotiation Cycle Time
Negotiation Cycle Time for Closing & Contracts — Negotiation & Contracting
Negotiation Win Rate %
Negotiation Win Rate % for Closing & Contracts — Negotiation & Contracting
Net Revenue Retention %
Net Revenue Retention % for Cross-sell & Up-sell Campaigns
Net Revenue Retention (NRR)
Net Revenue Retention (NRR) for Strategic Architecture
Nomination Conversion Rate %
Nomination Conversion Rate % for Advocacy & Evangelism
Onboarding Completion Rate
Onboarding Completion Rate for Inbound & Product — Product-Led Growth (PLG)
Onsite Conference Meetings
Onsite Conference Meetings for Strategic Architecture
Organic Visibility Score / index
Organic Visibility Score / index for Inbound & Channel — Inbound Content & SEO
Organic Website Traffic
Organic Website Traffic for Strategic Architecture
Paid Impressions / impressions
Paid Impressions / impressions for Inbound & Channel — Paid Acquisition (Ads)
Partner NPS / Feedback
Partner NPS / Feedback for Inbound & Channel — Partnerships & Referrals
Payout Accuracy %
Payout Accuracy % for Compensation Design
Pipeline Generated
Pipeline Generated for Strategic Architecture
Plan Alignment Sign-off %
Plan Alignment Sign-off % for Compensation Design
Plan Asset Readiness %
Plan Asset Readiness % for Compensation Design
Plan Doc Distribution Rate %
Plan Doc Distribution Rate % for Compensation Design
Plan Enablement Completion %
Plan Enablement Completion % for Compensation Design
Playbook Completion Rate
Playbook Completion Rate for Inbound & Service — Service-Led Growth (SLG)
PLG Activation Rate
PLG Activation Rate for Strategic Architecture
PQLs per Week
PQLs per Week for Inbound & Product — Product-Led Growth (PLG)
Process Compliance Rate
Process Compliance Rate for Closing & Contracts — Deal Desk & Proposals
Product Qualified Leads (PQLs)
Product Qualified Leads (PQLs) for Strategic Architecture
Program Engagement Rate %
Program Engagement Rate % for Advocacy & Evangelism
Proposal Completeness Rate
Proposal Completeness Rate for Closing & Contracts — Deal Desk & Proposals
Proposal Turnaround
Proposal Turnaround for Closing & Contracts — Deal Desk & Proposals
Proposal-to-sign Rate
Proposal-to-sign Rate for Pipeline Management
Published Content per Week
Published Content per Week for Inbound & Channel — Inbound Content & SEO
QA Pass Rate
QA Pass Rate for Outbound — Digital Lead Gen (Email)
QBR Completion Rate %
QBR Completion Rate % for Health Monitoring & QBRs
QBR Prep Cycle Time (days)
QBR Prep Cycle Time (days) for Health Monitoring & QBRs
Qualified Expansion Whitespace Accounts #
Qualified Expansion Whitespace Accounts # for Cross-sell & Up-sell Campaigns
Qualified Lead Rate
Qualified Lead Rate for Inbound & Channel — Inbound Content & SEO
Qualified Leads from Calls
Qualified Leads from Calls for Strategic Architecture
Qualified Leads from Paid / qualified_leads
Qualified Leads from Paid / qualified_leads for Inbound & Channel — Paid Acquisition (Ads)
Qualified Leads per Event
Qualified Leads per Event for Inbound & Channel — Conferences & Trade Shows
Qualified Leads per Month
Qualified Leads per Month for Inbound & Channel — Partnerships & Referrals
Qualified Opportunity Rate
Qualified Opportunity Rate for Pipeline Management
Quota Acceptance Rate %
Quota Acceptance Rate % for Compensation Design
Quota Attainment %
Quota Attainment % for Sales Coaching & Performance Management
Reference Call Completion Rate %
Reference Call Completion Rate % for Advocacy & Evangelism
Referral Conversion Rate
Referral Conversion Rate for Inbound & Channel — Partnerships & Referrals
Referral Revenue (USD)
Referral Revenue (USD) for Advocacy & Evangelism
Referrals per Month
Referrals per Month for Inbound & Channel — Partnerships & Referrals
Registration Conversion Rate
Registration Conversion Rate for Inbound & Channel — Webinars & Events
Registration Rate %
Registration Rate % for Community Building & Events
Renewal Cycle Time (days)
Renewal Cycle Time (days) for Renewal Management
Renewal Data Completeness %
Renewal Data Completeness % for Renewal Management
Renewal Engagement Rate %
Renewal Engagement Rate % for Renewal Management
Renewal Opportunity Data Accuracy %
Renewal Opportunity Data Accuracy % for Renewal Management
Renewal Win Rate %
Renewal Win Rate % for Renewal Management
Reply Rate Uplift
Reply Rate Uplift for Outbound — Digital Lead Gen (Email)
Revenue per Coached Rep (USD)
Revenue per Coached Rep (USD) for Sales Coaching & Performance Management
Risk Remediation Rate
Risk Remediation Rate for Health Monitoring & QBRs
ROAS (Return on Ad Spend) / revenue/spend
ROAS (Return on Ad Spend) / revenue/spend for Inbound & Channel — Paid Acquisition (Ads)
Service Activation Rate (first 14 days)
Service Activation Rate (first 14 days) for Inbound & Service — Service-Led Growth (SLG)
Service Expansion Revenue
Service Expansion Revenue for Strategic Architecture
Service MRR Growth %
Service MRR Growth % for Inbound & Service — Service-Led Growth (SLG)
Service Qualified Leads per Week
Service Qualified Leads per Week for Inbound & Service — Service-Led Growth (SLG)
Simulated Payout Variance %
Simulated Payout Variance % for Compensation Design
SLG Service Activation Rate
SLG Service Activation Rate for Strategic Architecture
Social Selling Index (SSI)
Social Selling Index (SSI) for Strategic Architecture
SOW Approval Time
SOW Approval Time for Pipeline Management
Speaker NPS / Feedback
Speaker NPS / Feedback for Inbound & Channel — Conferences & Trade Shows
Sponsorship Conversion Rate
Sponsorship Conversion Rate for Inbound & Channel — Conferences & Trade Shows
Stack Utilization Rate %
Stack Utilization Rate % for RevOps Stack Management
Survey Response Rate %
Survey Response Rate % for Churn Save & Winback
Sync Accuracy (%)
Sync Accuracy (%) for Outbound — Digital Lead Gen (Email)
Targeted Keyword Coverage / target_terms
Targeted Keyword Coverage / target_terms for Inbound & Channel — Inbound Content & SEO
Targeted Paid Keyword Coverage / target_terms
Targeted Paid Keyword Coverage / target_terms for Inbound & Channel — Paid Acquisition (Ads)
Template Adoption Rate
Template Adoption Rate for Closing & Contracts — Deal Desk & Proposals
Time to First Value (days)
Time to First Value (days) for Onboarding & Implementation
Time to Handoff (hours)
Time to Handoff (hours) for Onboarding & Implementation
Time to Kickoff (days)
Time to Kickoff (days) for Onboarding & Implementation
Tool Rationalization Savings %
Tool Rationalization Savings % for RevOps Stack Management
Training Completion Rate
Training Completion Rate for Onboarding & Implementation
Underperformer Coaching Coverage %
Underperformer Coaching Coverage % for Sales Coaching & Performance Management
Validated Calling Prospects/day
Validated Calling Prospects/day for Outbound — Cold Calling (Telephony)
Validated LinkedIn Prospects/day
Validated LinkedIn Prospects/day for Outbound — Social Selling (LinkedIn)
Validated Outbound-Qualified Leads/day
Validated Outbound-Qualified Leads/day for Outbound — Digital Lead Gen (Email)
Value Confirmation Rate %
Value Confirmation Rate % for Renewal Management
Website Conversion Rate
Website Conversion Rate for Strategic Architecture
Weekly Active Customers per Cohort
Weekly Active Customers per Cohort for Inbound & Service — Service-Led Growth (SLG)
Weekly Active Users per Cohort
Weekly Active Users per Cohort for Inbound & Product — Product-Led Growth (PLG)
Win Rate %
Win Rate % for Closing & Contracts — Negotiation & Contracting
Winback Conversion Rate %
Winback Conversion Rate % for Churn Save & Winback
Winback Rate %
Winback Rate % for Churn Save & Winback
CAC per MQL
Customer acquisition cost per marketing-qualified lead for inbound channels (sum spend / MQLs).
Targeted Keyword Coverage
Share of target keyword list covered by published content and prioritized pages.
Landing Conversion Rate
Conversion rate for inbound lead magnets and landing pages.
Published Content per Week
Count of published content pieces per week following editorial calendar guidance.
Qualified Lead Rate
Share of leads that meet the qualification threshold after inbound nurture.
Organic Visibility Score
Composite SEO health score combining core vitals, indexing, and schema coverage.
Onsite Conference Meetings
Number of meetings held onsite at conferences.
Meetings Booked (Volume)
Total number of meetings booked across all channels.
Net Revenue Retention (NRR)
Percentage of recurring revenue retained from existing customers, including expansion.
Active Partners
Number of partners who have submitted at least one qualified lead or referral in the current period.
CAC Payback Period
Months required to recover the cost of acquiring a customer.
Service Activation Rate (first 14 days)
Share of new service signups that reach the activation event within 14 days. Numerator = activated_customers (activation event), Denominator = new_service_signups.
Service Qualified Leads per Week
Count of service-qualified leads created in a week. SQ should be defined and versioned in S-901.
Playbook Completion Rate
Share of onboarded customers who complete the service playbook/guided runbook. Useful for activation and readiness measurement.
Activated-to-Retention Conversion %
Share of activated customers who are retained (passed retention threshold) within the observation window. Use retention definition documented in S-920.
Weekly Active Customers per Cohort
Weekly active customers measured for defined cohorts (by signup week / plan). Use cohorting as defined in M-922.
Service MRR Growth %
Percent change in Service MRR between the current period and the prior comparison period. Use billing system canonical metric.
Validated LinkedIn Prospects/day
Count of validated LinkedIn prospects exported and enriched per day (de-duplicated).
Social Engagement Rate
Engagement rate for social posts (likes + comments) divided by impressions over a period.
CRM Log Rate
Share of outbound touches that are logged to the CRM within the SLA window.
Discovery Calls Booked Rate
Percentage of qualified prospects who book a discovery call after outreach.
Meeting Booked Rate (Social sequence)
Percentage of validated LinkedIn prospects who book a meeting after social outreach. Formula: COUNT(meetings_booked)/COUNT(validated_linkedin_prospects).
SLG Service Activation Rate
Percentage of service customers who complete onboarding/milestone 1.
Service Expansion Revenue
Revenue generated from upselling services to existing accounts.

