Outcomes vs Outputs

If the team doesn't have a clear understanding of the goal of the items that are in the backlog, it will be difficult to identify your product outcomes and you will find that your team is just busy producing outputs.

To learn more on this topic review the following:

• Product Vision
• Release Goal
• Sprint Goal
• Impact Mapping

Consider what your organization values. Does it value being busy? or does it value focusing on adding value to users and adapting to their needs? Being busy leads to a focus more on maximizing output. whereas the latter tends to have us focus more on the outcomes.