Originally posted at http://www.howtomeasureanything.com, on Tuesday, September 08, 2009 8:20:46 AM, by Dreichel.
“Hello,
This is my first post on your board. I am excited to actually be able to pose this to the author (or to others who want to chime in).
First some background;
I work as an Analyst predicting Budget “Burn Rate”, that is to say [...]
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What to say when they ask, “Why not 100% CI?”
September 8th, 2009 · 6 Comments
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Lens Model: Negative Value
September 6th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Originally posted at http://www.howtomeasureanything.com, on Sunday, September 06, 2009 9:20:07 PM, by sujoymitra17.
“While using Lens Model (multiple regression), I am getting negative scores for a few parameters and positive scores for few others. I am computing the score using the formula: – <Coeff of parameter-1>*Val of parameter-1+<Coeff of parameter-2>*Val of parameter-2….+Intercept. Since few parameters are [...]
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How to Measure Innovation
March 31st, 2009 · 2 Comments
Originally posted at http://www.howtomeasureanything.com, on Thursday, March 05, 2009 7:30:54 PM, by JBehling.
“I am Six Sigma Black Belt for an IS Organization and my team has been struggling to measure the impact of “Innovation” in our company. We bring new and innovative systems to our business partners to help them streamline their practices and processes.
Any [...]
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How to Measure Performance
March 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Originally posted at http://www.howtomeasureanything.com, on Friday, March 20, 2009 9:14:48 PM, by jerry.
“Greetings,
I loved your book. Thanks for sharing such valuable information. Now I’m trying to apply it.
I am leading a project of training developers and instructional designers and am attempting to put together a meaningful way to measure their performance. I have come up [...]
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Lens Model Example – Chapter 12
March 1st, 2009 · No Comments
Originally posted at http://www.howtomeasureanything.com, on Sunday, March 01, 2009 1:30:45 PM, by Paddy.
“Could you please clarify what scenarios the can Lens Model can remove human inconsistency in decision making (i.e., problems that are well defined/repeatable or unstructured)? Would like to apply Lens Model to evaluate computer interfaces.
Also, could you please clarify the variables in step [...]
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Chapter 6
February 19th, 2009 · No Comments
Originally posted on http://www.howtomeasureanything.com/forums/ on Thursday, February 19, 2009 1:41:48 PM, by Thakur.
“I enjoyed reading Chapter 6 (Measuring Risk: Introduction to the Monte Carlo Simulation). It was very informative. After reading it I tried to do the following using Excel. But I failed.
1). Simulating the Monty Hall Problem.
2). Simulating Birthdays
3). Genetics: Simulating Population Control
Can You [...]
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Value of Foresight
February 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Originally posted on http://www.howtomeasureanything.com/forums/ on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 4:54:25 PM, by RossShott.
“Hello Mr. Hubbard,
Your book “How to Measure Anything” is remarkable!
I am currently completing my Master of Technology in Futures Studies degree by working on my thesis project. The project entails fleshing out a Foresight Maturity Model (similar to a CMM or CMMI) recently [...]
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Measuring Prevention
December 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments
Originally posted on http://www.howtomeasureanything.com/forums/ on Monday, December 22, 2008 4:23:05 PM, by Dynera.
“Hi Doug,
I have your book on order and I was wondering if you cover the measurement of preventation effectivenss. For instance, I was involved with a software architecture team who’s purpose was to vet architecture designs. We recieved several feedback forms saying that [...]
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How do we measure the level of alignment of an organization to its stated strategy goals?
December 8th, 2008 · 5 Comments
Originally posted at http://www.howtomeasureanything.com, on Monday, December 08, 2008 9:32:43 PM, by Amichai.
“The challenge is to come up with a simple, clearly defined number (or a few numbers) that reflect how well the organization is executing towards the goals from the CEO level to the line worker level. It would also be good to have [...]
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