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title: "Guide: Success Metrics by Use Case"
url: "https://atlan.com/resources/success-metrics/"
description: "A deck of success metrics for an Atlan implementation, organized by use case such as Policy Center, Impact Analysis, cost optimization, compliance, glossary, and discovery."
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**Guide: Success Metrics by Use Case.** A framework for objectively measuring the success of an Atlan implementation through clearly defined metrics tied to specific use cases, for teams who want to track value, prove ROI, and share Atlan's benefits across the organization.

## About this guide

The deck organizes metrics by use case (governance, discovery, compliance, optimization, and more). Each section includes definitions, what to measure, and how to share results, for before-and-after comparisons.

### Example metrics by use case

| Use case | What to measure |
|---|---|
| Policy Center | Policy violations caught, time to resolution, coverage of policies across critical assets |
| Impact Analysis | Breaks and outages, time to detection, resolution costs, change failure rates |
| Cost Optimization | Storage and compute costs |
| Data Lifecycle Management | Time and costs wasted on irrelevant assets |
| Compliance | Auditor response time, compliance breaches, cost of sensitive data management |
| Metrics Catalog and Business Glossary | Reductions in confusion and time spent resolving misunderstandings |
| Data Discovery and Exploration | Faster access, fewer support requests |

These KPIs quantify Atlan's value in time saved, risks reduced, compliance achieved, and business alignment, during rollout or ongoing adoption.

## Related resources

- [Defining Your Adoption Metrics](https://atlan.com/blueprint-resource-defining-adoption-metrics) (guide)
- [Change Management Framework](https://atlan.com/blueprint-resource-change-management-framework) (guide)
- [MCP Spark Idea: Gamification Agent](https://atlan.com/resources/mcp-spark-idea-gamification-agent) (guide)
- [The Cost of Bad Data: And How to Prevent the Mess with Atlan](https://atlan.com/resources/video-collection-data-scares) (guide)