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The Lean Analytics Cycle: Metrics > Hypothesis > Experiment > Act

Occam's Razor

To win in business you need to follow this process: Metrics > Hypothesis > Experiment > Act. We are far too enamored with data collection and reporting the standard metrics we love because others love them because someone else said they were nice so many years ago. That metric is tied to a KPI.

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Standard Metrics Revisited: #4 : Time on Page & Time on Site

Occam's Razor

I was merrily using Time on Page and Time on Site metrics for quite some time before I actually realized how they were being measured. 111.111.111.111 - - [ 08/Oct/2007:11:17:55 -0400 ] "GET / index.html HTTP/1.1" It is important to note that the web metrics program will still say: Tp = 0 minutes. It was a real Doh (!)

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The Real Problem with Software Development

O'Reilly on Data

But that’s not really how the world works, not now, and not back in 2007. Lines of code are easy to count, but if that’s your only metric, you will lose track of qualities like readability that may be more important. Less repetition, but the result was more complex and harder to understand.

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The rule of 30: The metric your job search needs

CIO Business Intelligence

Lamoreaux Search In January 2007, she founded SIM Women, a networking and career development organization within the Society for Information Management. It sounds like Kristen’s “Rule of 30” is a quantifiable metric to apply to your power-broker network. Kristen Lamoreaux, president and CEO, Lamoreaux Search. Or better yet, hire them?

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Five Strategies for Slaying the Data Puking Dragon.

Occam's Razor

Your digital performance dashboard has 16 metrics along 9 dimensions, and you know that the font-size 6 text and sparkline sized charts make them incomprehensible. Focus only on KPIs, eliminate metrics. Here are the definitions you'll find in my books: Metric : A metric is a number. Time on Page is a metric.

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Knowledge

Occam's Razor

" ~ Web Metrics: "What is a KPI? " + Standard Metrics Revisited Series. "Engagement" Is Not A Metric, It's An Excuse. Defining a "Master Metric", + a Framework to Gain a Competitive Advantage in Web Analytics. The Awesome Power of Visualization 2 -> Death and Taxes 2007.

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How CIOs can unite sustainability and technology

CIO Business Intelligence

Given how important sustainability metrics are to companies and their stakeholders, it is crucial to identify why it is taking so long for some organizations to jump on board with new technological innovations to implement meaningful change. of CO2 in 2007, the industry has now risen to 4% today and will potentially reach 14% by 2040. .