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- Set up new measures, KPIs or metrics
- Improve your business or organisation through measurement
- Create clear, easy to understand, reports or dashboards
Creating good measures isn't easy but it doesn't have to be complicated. I share a lot of my material for free, but if you want the whole story in a convenient format then I suggest you have a look at my books, KPI Checklists and BlinkReporting.
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KPI Definition Checklist
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