Epicflow

JANUARY 30, 2025

Enhanced Decision-Making With advanced analytics and reporting features, PMO software delivers actionable insights, empowering leaders to make data-driven decisions. Portfolio health metrics to track progress, budgets, and risks across projects. Reporting and Analytics Advanced reporting with customizable metrics for decision-making.

Tools 130

Tools Software Efficiency Resources 130

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2018

An old saying sums up the data skills of most HR professionals: “The shoemaker’s children go barefoot.” This neglect has hindered their ability to leverage data into talent strategies that can help transform their businesses. HR should learn how to tie its data about people to performance and business outcomes.

Data 132

Data Talent Survey Recruitment 132

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Data science can enable wholly new and innovative capabilities that can completely differentiate a company. But those innovative capabilities aren’t so much designed or envisioned as they are discovered and revealed through curiosity-driven tinkering by the data scientists. First, some context. million clients in the U.S.

Data 124

Data Engineering Metrics Resources 124

Epicflow

JUNE 28, 2023

More and more business organizations are becoming data-driven – they are leveraging technology and data to gain actionable insights, improve operations and decision-making, and as a result achieve better outcomes. How exactly is data used in project management? Are there any challenges in using a data-driven approach?

Data 130

Data Management Resources Software 130

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Both fields rely on translating real world events into data points which are then used to answer questions and generate insights. Coming from a health and science background I am familiar with looking at health data and being able to gain insights to make decisions. They have an operating budget based on the amount of their grant.

Metrics 88

Metrics Industry Benchmarking How To 88

Harvard Business

JUNE 23, 2016

The notion that you can transform a failing media company — or any company in any industry for that matter — by infusing it with data and algorithms is terribly misguided. While technology can certainly improve operational performance, the idea that it can replace a sound strategy is a dangerous delusion.

Data 110

Data Journal Media Video 110

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2018

How can an organization tell whether it’s actually letting data inform its decision making — or if it’s merely using superficial analyses to retroactively justify decisions it has already made? But they’re just a bit player in the far more sprawling drama that is data-driven decision making. Sponsored by Splunk.

Data 131

Data How To Pharmaceuticals Survey 131

LSA Global

JULY 1, 2024

While the specific strategy success metrics vary across different industries and different strategies, metrics tend to fall into four overall buckets: Financial, Customer, Employee, and Other. Here is a list of the top thirteen metrics that CEOs should measure for strategic success.

Metrics 68

Metrics Cash Flow Talent Financial 68

LSA Global

JANUARY 6, 2025

Alignment with Ways of Working, Resources, and Capabilities We know from leadership simulation assessment data that too many leaders ignore cultural and operational realities. Strategies that clash with organizational culture or overlook operational constraints are unlikely to gain traction.

Research 67

Research Analysis Strategy Strategy& 67

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The top trophy hire in data science is elusive, and it’s no surprise: a “full-stack” data scientist has mastery of machine learning, statistics, and analytics. Today’s fashion in data science favors flashy sophistication with a dash of sci-fi, making AI and machine learning the darlings of the job market.

Data 133

Data Engineering Fashion System 133

Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2017

While a laudable effort in principle, measuring a company’s tendency to make myopic operating and investing decisions is fiendishly complex. FCLT and McKinsey rely on readily available and machine-readable accounting data to measure myopia. A number of factors can confound any conclusions based on coarse data.

Metrics 100

Metrics Study McKinsey Cash Flow 100

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

While effective metrics are essential for focusing attention and achieving results, they can also overpower better sense. Most industries cower to a few central metrics, the yardsticks that define the winners and losers. Metrics tried and proven over years become a guide to what’s important, driving resource allocation.

Metrics 70

Metrics Retail Sales Automotive 70

Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2016

Operations in a Connected World. But it turns out these methods don’t just have to do with technology and operations. Increasingly, such companies need daily or weekly data on employee motivation to identify and fix motivational issues at the individual, team, and unit level. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

Metrics 132

Metrics Survey Software Operations 132

Epicflow

JUNE 10, 2024

In addition, their focus on effective resource allocation, stakeholder engagement, and change management contributes to enhanced operational efficiency, increased agility, and improved project outcomes. By analyzing historical data provided by Epicflow, CPOs can identify patterns and prevent past issues from recurring.

Resources 157

Resources Methodologies Efficiency Metrics 157

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 6, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans. However, without a data strategy , the likelihood of achieving successful outcomes is greatly diminished.

Report 98

Report Data Strategy Strategy 98

LSA Global

DECEMBER 2, 2024

We know from leadership simulation assessment data that the impact of CEOs on strategy matters. Aligning Culture with Strategy We know from organizational culture assessment data that a company’s strategy must go through its culture to be successfully implemented. Can your CEO drive cohesion and a sense shared sense of purpose?

Strategy& 69

Strategy& Strategy Strategy Leadership 69

Chad Barr

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Think of AI like a calculator for business operations. The Double-Edged Sword of AI Training AI models learn from massive amounts of data, which means they can unintentionally reflect biases present in their training data—like a mirror that shows both the good and the bad.

Tools 52

Tools Data Ethics Metrics 52

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

A core challenge of management is to ensure that the organization’s priorities, strategies, and metrics are consistently embraced and that any impediments are identified and addressed quickly. Metrics that are reported daily, such as “units at capacity.” CAPTION TEXT HERE/Getty Images.

System 130

System Healthcare Metrics Report 130

Markovitz Consulting

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

But when it comes to internal operations at least, disruption is often both bad for business and for employees, because it causes unevenness in work. Last week , I wrote about how kaizen events can disrupt daily operations and overburden employees. Some changes in metrics are just noise in an otherwise stable system.

Metrics 124

Metrics System Operations Trends 124

Harvard Business

JANUARY 13, 2017

Single-screen “snapshots” of operational processes, marketing metrics, and key performance indicators (KPIs) can be visually elegant and intuitive. They show just-in-time views of what’s working and what isn’t — no need to wait for weekly or monthly reports from a centralized data center.

Data 70

Data Comparison Metrics Software 70

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Every step of the process was measured, and real-time metrics were easily accessible. In Precision’s case, good tactical performance required developing rules, checklists, and standard operating procedures and then following them closely. Metrics emphasized speed. We made a number of operational changes to the call center.

Metrics 134

Metrics Engineering Operations Sales 134

Harvard Business

MARCH 27, 2017

To help solve this problem, organizations are using digital technologies and data analytics to improve leak detection. People: Good leaders know that using and interpreting data is not only a search for insights; it’s also about enlisting the hearts and minds of the people who must act on those insights. As one U.S.

Industry 70

Industry Data Tools Efficiency 70

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

Indeed, our experience with senior teams corroborates these data. That time is spent establishing financial and operational metrics, aligning goals with overarching strategy, allocating resources, and reviewing key metrics. This is an area where the data present a more complex picture.

Strategy 134

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Enterprise 134

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

A dashboard is a powerful information management tool that is used to track KPIs (key performance indicators), metrics and other data points relevant to a business, department, or specific process. operational vs analytical) with the following questions in mind: Who is the target audience? Size of the data set.

Tools 109

Tools Data Metrics Operations 109

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

In the methodology upheld by Kennedy as well as Consultancy.org, Management Consulting is a collective term used for all services that fall under Strategy Consulting, Operations Consulting and HR Consulting. Operations Consultants: Operations consultants are consultants who help clients improve the performance of their operations.

Consulting 135

Consulting Operations Financial Real Estate 135

LSA Global

JANUARY 22, 2025

We know from people manager assessment center data and new manager training participants that a teams potential is rooted in its ability to collaborate effectively, innovate consistently, and adapt to changing circumstances. Teams operate best when they understand, believe in , and commit to a meaningful and shared purpose.

Management 68

Management How To Construction Training 68

1 to 1

APRIL 10, 2025

Operational efficiency improves CX improvements often streamline processes , reducing customer support costs and inefficiencies across departments. Action Point: Develop a CX vision that directly ties into financial and operational goals (e.g., So, how can a B2B company practically align its CX transformation with business strategy ?

B2B 26

B2B Strategy Strategy& Strategy 26

1 to 1

OCTOBER 30, 2024

That proverb may be traced to Voltaire and Spider-Man, but it’s contact center leaders who see the impact data and analytics are already having on the front line — and the obligations that come with it. It’s imperative that the interpretation of data, however, is left to leaders, not front-line workers, survey respondents emphasized.

Report 26

Report Data Retail Insurance 26

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Don’t obsess over metrics like inquiry volume or time to close tickets. Set up post-interaction NPS so you can tell if someone is still upset even after an issue is “solved,” start tracking the volume and quality of requests coming in along with metrics relating to revenue (i.e., Establish models, not just metrics.

Metrics 132

Metrics Engineering Efficiency Operations 132

LSA Global

APRIL 10, 2025

Alignment might involve reclarifying the business case for change , redesigning roles, updating strategy success metrics , or streamlining workflows. When the internal operating model supports the changes you seek, people are far more likely to adopt and sustain new behaviors. Are you measuring and sharing what matters most?

Research 54

Research Change Management System Strategy 54

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 30, 2018

” As data proliferates across the enterprise, this observation by Nielsen is rendered even more relevant, because data represents the unlit fuel that has the potential to light the darkness, but which often lacks the spark of analytics that enables us to see. Scaling Your Team’s Data Skills. Insight Center.

Data 70

Data Methodologies Enterprise Guidelines 70

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The complex calculations of the field known as Operations Research were enabled by mainframe computing. Key to the new system are rapid data collection and analysis, followed by over the air changes to product software. Others use cloud computing software in their own data centers, as a means of increasing resources and working faster.

Change Management 134

Change Management Management Software Productivity 134

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

But such a change would probably not change how resources are allocated or businesses operate. These data also suggest that long-term plans are not mere marketing presentations or “cheap talk.” By contrast, forward-looking metrics were rarely provided for issues underlying the corporate governance theme.

Metrics 126

Metrics Financial Marketing Trends 126

Harvard Business

MAY 25, 2017

Other firms have ventured down this path, including the conglomerate Wesfarmers , with its 200,000-plus staff, and the global hospital operator Ramsay Health Care. CEO incentives have traditionally been evaluated against objective data — also labelled “hard.” Should soft measures be part of a CEO’s scorecard?

Financial 121

Financial Banking Metrics Benchmarking 121

Harvard Business

MAY 3, 2018

Its Value Driven Outcomes (VDO) initiative provides physicians with cost data to assess health outcomes per dollar spent. VDO is a modular, extensible framework that draws from the health care system’s enterprise data warehouse and provides access to data on both individual patient encounters and populations of patients.

Operations 73

Operations Data Tools Metrics 73

LSA Global

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Regardless of approach, all groups operate in a context about their shared fate based upon how necessary, willing, able, and dependable they believe those around them to be. Fear of Failure Project postmortem data tells us that relying on others can feel like a loss of control.

Groups 68

Groups Change Management Culture Training 68

Harvard Business

AUGUST 1, 2018

Bias can manifest itself in many forms across various stages of the machine learning process, including data collection, data preparation, modeling, evaluation, and deployment. Sampling bias may produce models trained on data that is not fully representative of future cases. Pair data scientists with a social scientist.

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Data Training Training Metrics 123