You can't manage what you don't measure.

And altought this is not a big secret problably you also don't measure your department enought.

Why is that? Well, answers vary from "My operation is too hard to measure" to simply "I don't know where to begin".

If you think this might be your case keep reading because in this post we'll give you motives and tools to start getting better today. We'll go over:

  • Why you should start to measures your operation now
  • What metrics you should choose
  • How to setup your system (simple and advanced)

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If all goes well you'll start measuring the key values that are going to get you the promotion / result / success that you want (and deserve, in case you walk the walk insted of just talk the talk).

Why you should start you own measures

Let's make sure you have the right motivation. Ear this 7 minute talk by Jim Rohn. It's an oldie but it's still one of the best out there. I promise you it will be fun, important and worthwile.

Hillarious, rigth? And really insigthfull. The big take away is:

  1. Anyone (or any team) can get better
  2. Put the numbers together. Start NOW.
  3. Understand the ratios. See how they grow. Do the math and GET what they're telling you.
  4. Act on the conclusions.

Sometimes what you get are not the best of news, but once you know what's wrong you can do something about it. And if it's good news you can build on it.

Convinced ? Good. Then let's choose some numbers to collect.

What metrics you should track

So problably you're in charge of a (new?) department or team. You want to show results. You're full of ideas and you have the brains & the expertise on your side. What you usually don't have is a lot of time.

So let's make sure this measuring stuf doesn't take you more time and get rigth to the important things you should focus on:

  1. Your core operation

  2. Your WIG and Keep a Compelling Scoreboard

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  3. Anything you're trying to fix or get better at

How to implement from the simplest to the more advanced metrics

  • Position CoB as a improvement company

Personal: http://quantifiedself.com/

Advanced: http://www.howtomeasureanything.com/

  • Kibana
  • google spreadsheets com surveys
  • pentaho - webdetails
  • Jaspersoft

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What do we track @ Cult Of Bits

So all this talk of measuring and tracking problably gets you thinking, what

Team:

Personal:

  • tasks
  • review time
  • running
  • writing speed
  • learning & remembering

I have metrics, now what ?

Success

Next steps

  • What else do you measure?
  • What cunning plan have you devised to measure something
  • Offer help to setup any measure
  • Offer to explain any of the metrics we collect
  • Challenge the reader with a list of measures
    • pontualidade
    • número de reuniões
    • duração das reuniões
    • action points de reuniões
    • Action points completos
    • casos abertos
    • pedidos
    • tempo concentrado
    • número de emails na inbox
    • Ausências (doença, etc)
    • Valor das propostas
    • Propostas entregues, perdidas e ganhas
    • Tempo de resposta

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  • Best 1st step to take your team/department to the next level
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