A measure of a situation that is only available after an event has occurred. Opposite of leading measure.
Leading measures are signs indicating something has happened. While they have the disadvantage of not giving you information about an event until after it occurs, they are necessary where Leading Measures cannot be taken.
Lagging Measures are the opposite of Leading Measures, both of which often are Proxy Measures. Both of which may be tracked by an agent as KPIs.
Example Lagging Measures
- Test results as a lagging measure of a student’s effort.
- Subscribers lost as a lagging measure of content quality.