How to Get Started with Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)

Jan 21, 2015 by Ben Lamorte in Enterprise Goal Management

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So you decide to launch OKRs at your company, well, at least for your team. After the initial excitement, you realize you're still not clear how to get started.  This article summarizes lessons learned based on several real-world interviews with business leaders currently rolling out OKRs at...

Are you Measuring the Right Things, or is Amelia Bedelia Defining Your KPIs?

Jan 21, 2015 by Ben Lamorte in Enterprise Goal Management

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One extremely competent CFO was looking for help with performance management. His team defined 5 elements of success:1. Identify KPIs and prototype cascading dashboards.2. Define metrics we should track for 5 business units, 40 departments.3. Create a metrics-driven culture.4. Be sure to include...

24 Questions to Ask Before Buying a Dedicated OKRs Tool

Jan 21, 2015 by Ben Lamorte in Enterprise Goal Management

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Large organizations including Google and Sears have developed proprietary systems for defining and tracking OKRs for thousands of employees. But what if you’re not a F500 company? What if you don’t have the internal resources to develop an in-house OKRs solution?Most OKRs experts, including Kris...

Building a Data Governance Organization

Dec 15, 2014 by Dan Power in Information Governance

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I’m often asked how many data stewards a company needs.  Depending on the degree of complexity in the company, the degree of automation, what data quality tools are available, and the major processes around the enterprise, that number is going to vary.  This article provides some thoughts to keep...

Business Intel SWAT Team to the Rescue - Crisis Management

Oct 01, 2014 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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Learn the benefits of creating Business Intelligence SWAT team. Modeled after police SWAT units, a BI SWAT saves a BI program that suffers inefficiencies.