Meaning
Key Performance Indicator; a quantifiable measure used to evaluate the success of an organization or employee in reaching targets.
Three examples from work
Quarterly review
DirectorWhat is our primary KPI for the mobile onboarding funnel?
PMDay-7 user retention; our target is thirty-five percent.
Engineering alignment
LeadWe added system uptime as a shared team KPI.
DevOpsMaintaining three nines of availability will easily satisfy that goal.
Marketing sync
Marketing LeadDid the ad campaign hit its customer acquisition KPI?
AnalystYes, cost per acquisition dropped by twenty percent.
Pronounce each letter: 'K-P-I'. KPIs track operational health and efficiency against fixed commercial targets.