Views: Decide, Track & Measure
Purpose-built views for every stage of your workflow
Overview
IdeaLift organizes your product workflow into three purpose-built views, each designed for a distinct phase of the feedback lifecycle. Instead of one overwhelmed backlog, you get focused workspaces that show exactly what you need at each stage.
Decide View
The Decide view surfaces ideas that need a decision. This is where you evaluate approved ideas and determine what to build next, what to defer, and what to reject. Think of it as your weekly product planning workspace.
What you see
- •Ideas sorted by signal score, so the highest-impact requests rise to the top
- •Customer context and revenue data attached to each idea
- •Related ideas and duplicates grouped together for consolidated decisions
- •RICE scores and AI recommendations where available
Actions in Decide
Ship It
Commit to building the idea and push it to your issue tracker
Defer
Acknowledge the idea but postpone it to a future cycle
Reject
Close the idea with a documented reason
Add to Roadmap
Place the idea on your public roadmap for customer visibility
Track View
The Track view monitors approved ideas as they move through implementation. Once you have committed to building something, this view keeps you informed about its progress without needing to switch to your issue tracker.
What you see
- •Ideas organized by implementation status (planned, in progress, in review)
- •Linked issue tracker tickets with live status synced from GitHub, Linear, or Jira
- •Days in current status, so you can spot stalled work items
- •Customer requests waiting on each idea, giving context for prioritization
Two-way sync
When a linked ticket moves to "Done" in your issue tracker, IdeaLift automatically updates the idea status. You can also mark ideas as shipped directly from the Track view, which updates the linked ticket.
Tip: Enable auto-close in Settings to automatically mark ideas as shipped when their linked ticket is closed. This keeps everything in sync without manual effort.
Measure View
The Measure view evaluates shipped features after they have been released. It helps you understand whether the things you built actually addressed the original customer requests and what impact they had.
What you see
- •Recently shipped ideas with time-to-ship metrics
- •Customer feedback received after shipping (follow-up signals)
- •Decision quality indicators showing whether the decision held up over time
- •Changelog entries generated from shipped ideas
Closing the loop
The Measure view is where you close the feedback loop. When a feature ships, IdeaLift can notify the original requesters (if connected via Slack, Discord, or Teams) and generate a changelog entry. This builds trust with customers by showing them their feedback led to real product changes.
Switching Between Views
Views are accessible from the sidebar under the "Views" section. Each view shows a count of items that need attention, so you can see at a glance where to focus.
Use keyboard shortcuts 123 to switch between Decide, Track, and Measure views quickly.
Customizing Views
Column visibility
Each view lets you choose which columns to display. Click the column settings icon to toggle visibility of fields like signal score, source, category, customer count, or linked ticket status.
Saved filters
Apply filters (by category, product area, source, or date range) and save them for quick access. Saved filters appear as tabs at the top of each view, so you can switch between different perspectives with one click.
Default sort order
Set a default sort order for each view. For example, you might sort Decide by signal score, Track by days in status, and Measure by ship date. Your preference is saved per view and persists across sessions.
Best Practices
- Use Decide view in your weekly planning meetings to align the team on what to build next.
- Check Track view in standups to surface stalled ideas before they become bottlenecks.
- Review Measure view monthly to evaluate whether shipped features met their goals.
- Share the Measure view in retrospectives to connect product decisions back to customer feedback.