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PLG-PRODUCT-LED-GROWTH5 MIN READ

Turn An Activation Milestone Into An Onboarding Flow

Design an onboarding path that exists to create a specific activation milestone.

A product team has defined activation as “the user receives their first automated exception alert,” but the current onboarding tour still tries to showcase the full platform. Build onboarding backward from the value milestone: immediate problem, minimum setup, first proof, then the next repeat action. Teams often keep features in the tutorial because those features are important eventually, even when they are not required for the first value moment. State the milestone Write the activation milestone in outcome language: “The user receives one useful automated exception alert.” Outcome language clarifies what the product must actually make happen and prevents the…

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