Instrumenting first value in cloud apps

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First value is the earliest moment a user completes the job the cloud application was bought for — not the login, not the homepage tour.

Define that moment with product and process owners, then emit a durable event with department and cohort properties. Without it, feature uptake and migration readiness metrics stay guesswork.

Review the definition quarterly. Cloud application suites change; so should the signal that proves adoption.