Follow up from the Data Governance Conference presentation "Measure Twice, Cut Once" that provides the resources used in development of customized DG metrics
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Measure Twice and Cut Once
Metrics for Data Governance and Stewardship
Addenda
Loretta Mahon Smith
Lead Data Architect/ President DAMA-NCR
Data Governance 2011 Winter Conference
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President, DAMA National Capitol Region.
Board of Directors, DAMA International, VP Communications
ICCP Certification Council Member.
Presentations:
DAMA International Conferences 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005
2008http://www.wilshireconferences.com/MD2008/agenda.html
Information Quality Conference: 2001
DebTECH: 2003, 2004
Publications:
ModernAnalyst Journal http://www.modernanalyst.com
Loretta Mahon Smith
The Data Administration Newsletter http://www.tdan.com
Twitter: @SilverData
Loretta@dama-ncr.org Master Level Certifications:
Certified Data Management Professional (DAMA CDMP Global)
LinkedIn:http://www.lin
kedin.com/in/lorettama
honsmith Certified Business Intelligence Professional (TDWI CBIP Global)
Certified Computing Professional (ICCP CCP Global)
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A Metrics message for you:
Metrics are numbers, and management by the numbers is a practice that is well
understood. Whether you call them KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) or see them
as lights on a dashboard, they only have real business value when:
You know what they mean define them.
You know what is the current state baseline them.
You know what a good result looks like benchmark them.
You deliver them IN CONTEXT with appropriate footnotes be honest about them.
Lies, damn lies, and statistics. Mark Twain
Be sure that what you deliver isnt just a bunch of numbers.
Deliver a story and let the numbers prove your points.
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Resources & References
CemKaner, James Bach, & Bret Pettichord, Lessons Learned
in Software Testing, John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
Hubbard, Douglas W. How To Measure Anything, Finding The
Value Of Intangibles in Business . Wiley, 2007. Print.
Duarte, Nancy. Resonate, Present Visual Stories That
Transform Audiences. Wiley, 2010.
Denning, Stephen. The Leaders Guide to
Storytelling, Mastering the Art and Discipline of Business
Narrative. Wiley, 2005
http://www.theinvisiblegorilla.com/ along with
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/brain-
games/pay-attention-pictures/
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Patterns and Resources for Metrics Development
Metric Sources:
Change Management
http://www.itmpi.org/assets/base/images/itmpi/Spanos-Metrics.pdf
www.cert.org/archive/pdf/07tr008.pdf
Program Management
PMI http://www.pmi.org
Good Overview http://www.pmworldtoday.net/featured_papers/2007/july.htm#2
Project level
Earned Value Management Metrics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earned_value_management
Inventory Management
ACM http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=968207
ACM http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1984250
https://cscmp.org/education/university/inventory-management.asp
AND THE WARNING more than metrics matter
YouTube: The Monkey Business Illusion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGQmdoK_ZfY