Meaningfully measuring performance is one of the hardest tasks for team managers in Agile environments. It is not only difficult, but most of the time, adopting ephemeral metrics can become ...

Discover how quantitative analysis can illuminate hedge fund performance, offering insights into risk metrics and benchmarks ...

It’s difficult to accurately measure the performance of maintenance workers because there are so many variables. Consider what happens if you reduce performance measurement to merely counting ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. A common challenge founders face when they outsource to a software development company is tracking the performance of developers. Since ...

I was impressed with the analysis and recommendation offered in a recent book, “Trust the Plan: Demand Management For Business Leaders,” by Greg Spira. Greg brings a wealth of experience based on his ...

As a small business owner, you depend on your employees to reach optimum performance levels, especially when many employees are cross-trained to perform distinctly different job functions. For ...

Measuring the performance of real-time digital signal processing code is essential. But whether you're using a simulator or hardware, it can be a headache to get accurate, repeatable performance ...

Typical health plan data provide limited information for benchmarking physician performance using even a less stringent rule for attributing patient measures to physicians. Objective: To evaluate ...

Service industries often rely on exceptional customer service to ensure strong operations and to attract repeat business. Continually setting goals and measuring performance in these key areas helps ...

Performance measurement – if done right – can be a core activity to move the health care system to higher value for the American public, while rewarding health professionals and health care ...

Measuring physician performance in an ambulatory surgery center has become essential, says Sandy Berreth, administrator of Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center in Baxter, Minn. “It is the only way we know if ...

We discuss our concerns about tying physician performance to CG-CAHPS scores and suggest an alternative approach to facilitate translation of service excellence into clinical practice. The Affordable ...