Teams can learn how a service is used while collecting less information about any one person.
What makes the difference
Aggregation, short retention periods and carefully chosen events make measurement more purposeful. The first question should be which decision the data will inform.
Questions for the next step
For teams putting this idea into practice, the key is to define the intended outcome, the people responsible for it and the conditions that would change the plan. Small, observable steps make trade-offs easier to discuss and improve.
Technology works best when its dependencies are understood, its limits are visible and people have a practical way to recover when something goes wrong.
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