Preface |
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1 The Changing Landscape of Project Management |
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1.1 Executive View of Project Management |
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Comparing Traditional and Nontraditional Projects |
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8 | (2) |
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1.3 Global Project Management |
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12 | (2) |
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1.4 Project Management Methodologies and Frameworks |
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14 | (6) |
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16 | (1) |
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17 | (1) |
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17 | (3) |
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1.5 The Need For Effective Governance |
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20 | (1) |
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1.6 Engagement Project Management |
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20 | (3) |
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1.7 Customer Relations Management |
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23 | (1) |
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1.8 Other Developments in Project Management |
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23 | (2) |
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1.9 A New Look at Defining Project Success |
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Success Is Measured by the Triple Constraints |
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Customer Satisfaction Must Be Considered as Well |
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Other (or Secondary) Factors Must Be Considered as Well |
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Success Must Include a Business Component |
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Prioritization of Success Constraints May Be Necessary |
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The Definition of Success Must Include a "Value" Component |
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28 | (1) |
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Multiple Components for Success |
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29 | (1) |
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30 | (1) |
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1.10 The Growth of Paperless Project Management |
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30 | (2) |
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1.11 Project Management Maturity and Metrics |
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32 | (4) |
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1.12 Project Management Benchmarking and Metrics |
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36 | (6) |
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Best Practice versus Proven Practice |
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37 | (1) |
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Benchmarking Methodologies |
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38 | (4) |
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42 | (1) |
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2 The Driving Forces For Better Metrics |
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43 | (40) |
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43 | (1) |
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43 | (1) |
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2.1 Stakeholder Relations Management |
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44 | (12) |
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2.2 Project Audits and the Pmo |
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56 | (1) |
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2.3 Introduction to Scope Creep |
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57 | (7) |
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57 | (3) |
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60 | (1) |
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60 | (2) |
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Need for Business Knowledge |
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62 | (1) |
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Business Side of Scope Creep |
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62 | (1) |
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Ways to Minimize Scope Creep |
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63 | (1) |
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2.4 Project Health Checks |
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64 | (5) |
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Understanding Project Health Checks |
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65 | (2) |
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Who Performs the Health Check? |
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67 | (1) |
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2.5 Managing Distressed Projects |
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69 | (14) |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (1) |
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Early Warning Signs of Trouble |
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72 | (1) |
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Selecting the Recovery Project Manager |
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73 | (1) |
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Recovery Life Cycle Phases |
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74 | (9) |
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83 | (1) |
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3.1 Project Management Metrics: The Early Years |
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84 | (3) |
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3.2 Project Management Metrics: Current View |
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87 | (1) |
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Metrics and Small Companies |
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88 | (1) |
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3.3 Metrics Management Myths |
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3.4 Selling Executives on a Metrics Management Program |
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89 | (2) |
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3.5 Understanding Metrics |
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91 | (4) |
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3.6 Causes For Lack of Support For Metrics Management |
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95 | (1) |
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3.7 Using Metrics in Employee Performance Reviews |
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3.8 Characteristics of a Metric |
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97 | (2) |
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3.9 Metric Categories and Types |
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99 | (2) |
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3.10 Selecting the Metrics |
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101 | (4) |
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3.11 Selecting a Metric/Kpi Owner |
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105 | (1) |
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3.12 Metrics and Information Systems |
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106 | (1) |
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3.13 Critical Success Factors |
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106 | (3) |
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109 | (3) |
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3.15 Metrics and Project Oversight/Governance |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (1) |
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3.17 Promoting the Metrics |
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114 | (1) |
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3.18 Churchill Downs Incorporated's Project Performance Measurement Approaches |
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Toll Gates (Project Management-Related Progress and Performance Reporting) |
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116 | (5) |
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4 Key Performance Indicators |
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122 | (4) |
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126 | (2) |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (8) |
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Seven Strategies for Selecting Relevant Key Performance Indicators |
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138 | (6) |
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144 | (2) |
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4.8 Kpi Interdependencies |
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146 | (2) |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (3) |
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4.11 Understanding Stretch Targets |
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152 | (2) |
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154 | (1) |
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4.13 Kpis and Intellectual Capital |
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155 | (2) |
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157 | (6) |
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KPI Bad Habits Causing Your Performance Measurement Struggles |
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158 | (5) |
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4.15 Brightpoint Consulting, Inc.---Dashboard Design: Key Performance Indicators and Metrics |
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163 | (10) |
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163 | (1) |
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Metrics and Key Performance Indicators |
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164 | (1) |
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Scorecards, Dashboards, and Reports |
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165 | (1) |
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Gathering KPI and Metric Requirements for a Dashboard |
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166 | (1) |
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Interviewing Business Users |
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166 | (1) |
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Putting It All Together---The KPI Wheel |
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167 | (1) |
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Start Anywhere, but Go Everywhere |
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167 | (3) |
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Wheels Generate Other Wheels |
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170 | (1) |
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A Word about Gathering Requirements and Business Users |
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170 | (1) |
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171 | (2) |
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5 Value-Based Project Management Metrics |
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5.2 Values and Leadership |
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176 | (3) |
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5.3 Combining Success and Value |
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179 | (4) |
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5.4 Recognizing the Need For Value Metrics |
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183 | (3) |
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5.5 The Need For Effective Measurement Techniques |
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186 | (5) |
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5.6 Customer/Stakeholder Impact on Value Metrics |
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191 | (1) |
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5.7 Customer Value Management |
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192 | (5) |
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5.8 The Relationship Between Project Management and Value |
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197 | (5) |
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5.9 Background of Metrics |
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202 | (6) |
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203 | (1) |
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Growth in the Use of Metrics |
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204 | (4) |
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5.10 Selecting the Right Metrics |
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208 | (4) |
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5.11 The Failure of Traditional Metrics and Kpis |
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212 | (1) |
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5.12 The Need For Value Metrics |
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5.13 Creating A Value Metric |
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213 | (8) |
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5.14 Presenting The Value Metric in A Dashboard |
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5.15 Industry Examples Of Value Metrics |
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5.16 Use of Crisis Dashboards For Out-Of-Range Value Attributes |
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5.17 Establishing A Metrics Management Program |
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228 | (2) |
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5.18 Using Value Metrics For Forecasting |
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230 | (2) |
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5.19 Metrics And Job Descriptions |
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5.20 Graphical Representation of Metrics |
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232 | (13) |
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5.21 Creating A Project Value Baseline |
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The Performance Measurement Baseline |
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246 | (1) |
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The Value Management Baseline |
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247 | (3) |
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Selecting The Value Baseline Attributes |
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250 | (3) |
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6.1 How We Process Dashboard Information |
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258 | (1) |
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6.2 Dashboard Core Attributes |
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6.3 The Meaning of Information |
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259 | (2) |
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6.4 Traffic Light Dashboard Reporting |
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261 | (2) |
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6.5 Dashboards And Scorecards |
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263 | (3) |
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264 | (1) |
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6.6 Creating A Dashboard Is A Lot Like Online |
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Finding Out The Needs of The Stakeholders |
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266 | (1) |
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267 | (1) |
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Choosing Your Key Performance Indicators |
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267 | (1) |
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6.7 Benefits of Dashboards |
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6.8 Is Your Bl Tool Flexible Enough? |
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269 | (4) |
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A Flexible Bl Tool-What Does It Mean And Why Does It Matter? |
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Why Is Flexibility So Important? |
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Stay Up To Speed With Your Changing Business Needs |
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Be Independent (With Fewer Tools And Users Involved To Get Your Job Done) |
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Adapt To Each And Every User |
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6.10 The Seven Deadly Sins of Dashboard Design And Why They Should Be Avoided |
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Deadly Sin #1 Off The Page, Out of Mind |
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274 | (1) |
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Deadly Sin #2 And This Means... What? |
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Deadly Sin #3 Right Data, Wrong Chart |
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Deadly Sin #4 Not Making The Right Arrangements |
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Deadly Sin #5 A Lack of Emphasis |
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275 | (1) |
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Deadly Sin #6 Debilitating Detail |
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275 | (1) |
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Deadly Sin #7 Not Crunching The Numbers |
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275 | (1) |
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6.11 Brightpoint Consulting, Inc.: Designing Executive Dashboards |
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276 | (9) |
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276 | (1) |
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Defining Key Performance Indicators |
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277 | (1) |
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Defining Supporting Analytics |
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277 | (1) |
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Choosing The Correct Kpi Visualization Components |
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278 | (2) |
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280 | (3) |
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283 | (2) |
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6.12 All That Glitters Is Not Gold |
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309 | (2) |
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6.14 Misleading Indicators |
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311 | (1) |
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6.15 Agile And Scrum Metrics |
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312 | (2) |
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314 | (1) |
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6.17 Dashboard Design Tips |
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315 | (2) |
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6.18 Teamquest Corporation |
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White Paper # 1: Metric Dashboard Design |
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318 | (11) |
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White Paper #2: Proactive Metrics Management |
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329 | (9) |
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6.19 Logi Analytics, Inc.: Dashboard Best Practices |
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338 | (12) |
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Introduction---What's New About Dashboards? |
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340 | (1) |
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How Modern Is The Modern Dashboard? |
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The Dashboard Versus The Spreadsheet |
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342 | (1) |
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The Business-Driven Dashboard |
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The Implications For The It Provider |
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Implementing The Dashboard |
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Organizational Challenges |
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346 | (1) |
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Ensuring Service-Level Agreements |
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6.21 Summary of Dashboard Design Requirements |
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350 | (7) |
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The Importance of Design to Information Dashboards |
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350 | (3) |
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The Rules For Color Usage on Your Dashboard |
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353 | (2) |
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The Rules For Graphic Design of Your Dashboard |
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355 | (1) |
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The Rules For Placing the Dashboard in Front of Your Users---The Key to User Adoption |
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The Rules For Accuracy of Information on Your Dashboard |
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6.22 Dashboard Limitations |
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6.23 The Dashboard Pilot Run |
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360 | (1) |
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6.24 Evaluating Dashboard Vendors |
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361 | (2) |
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6.25 New Dashboard Applications |
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363 | (2) |
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365 | (48) |
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7.1 Dashboards in Action: Dundas Data Visualization |
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366 | (1) |
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7.2 Dashboards in Action: Piematrix, Inc. |
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366 | (12) |
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378 | (30) |
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Piematrix Executive Dashboard |
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378 | (11) |
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Executive Dashboard and To-Do List---Where Does All This Data Come From? |
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389 | (3) |
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Project---Governing and Executing Complex Projects in A Visual and Friendly Way |
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392 | (4) |
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Project---Planning the Project |
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396 | (3) |
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Project---Breaking Down Silos |
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399 | (6) |
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Authoring---Where the Best Practice Content Comes From |
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From Authoring Back to the Executive Dashboard |
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405 | (3) |
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7.4 Dashboards in Action: International Institute For Learning |
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408 | (5) |
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8 The Portfolio Management Pmo and Metrics |
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413 | (12) |
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413 | (1) |
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414 | (1) |
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414 | (2) |
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416 | (3) |
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8.4 Measurement Techniques and Metrics |
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419 | (1) |
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Index |
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