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The Naked CIO: Why boards get IT spend so wrong
Comment Yet the company has no established measurement of ROI post project. Sound infrastructure projects often fail to win board backing because of flaky ROI demands. But come up with a hare-brained scheme and boards fall over themselves, says the Naked CIO. [11 Aug 2008]
The Naked CIO: Animal farm
Comment Greater visibility of development projects, evaluation and measurement of estimates, as well as very clearly stated expectations. That's fine in principle, says the Naked CIO. But this must happen without ignorance, hierarchy and petty rivalries. [25 Mar 2008]
Q&A: Pen Hadow, explorer
Comment So scientists are excited by the possibility that this survey team can actually produce this accurate measurement. And it is the measurement of the thickness of the ice that will determine how long the ice cap is likely to survive. [21 Jan 2008]
The McCue Interview: British Energy CIO, Ian Campbell
Comment The other strand of the IP3 programme was improving performance through better measurement and benchmarking. Just outside the window of Ian Campbell's desk in the open plan office at British Energy's Gloucester headquarters, a mother duck waddles... [13 Aug 2007]
Brampton Factor: Public sector woes
Comment In education, the area for which Tony Blair made the most extravagant claims, the government's own Office for National Statistics tells us that measurement is very difficult but summarises: "Education productivity has been falling since 1995 but... [20 Jun 2007]
Analysis: Can CRM help you make money?
Comment Brewer says: "The key in any project is to have clear measurement and saving money will always be part of the equation. Clear business planning is key to making sure you get back what you spend on customer relationship management projects, says Ron... [25 May 2006]
Biometrics: Your questions answered
Comment How will the proposed procedures cope with measurement errors? Ben Elliot asks: "How will the proposed procedures cope with measurement errors? How strongly does the size of safety margin for measurement errors affect the number of false-positives? [20 Aug 2004]
Leader: Minidiscs and why IT advances shouldn't be taken for granted
Leader In an age of surging prices for some goods and services - especially those provided by local councils it seems but, again, let's not go there - measurement of such categories help keep down inflation figures. [16 Mar 2004]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Fractal stupidity
Comment As a result, we see control and measurement systems, performance monitoring and metrics have become all the rage. Do the realms of science and technology offer some respite from everyday, repeated stupidity? [11 Mar 2004]
Boardroom Despatches: Process - no substitute for creativity
Comment There is only one measurement of success in business: the profit and loss account. Is throwing away the manual the answer? In the field of technology we have become process junkies. In fact I believe critical qualities - most notably creativity and... [13 Jan 2004]
The Director's Cut: Eight secrets of marrying IT and business
Comment Create outstanding measurement/reporting/communicating infrastructures - in other words, find out the key things people need to know and deliver them fast. What goes around comes around. Just when we were on the point of convincing our chief... [03 Dec 2003]
How call centres caught the teleworking bug
Comment The call centre industry is notorious for its obsession with measurement. Virtual call centres emerged in the nineties with a promise to offer a better service for customers and more flexible working practices for staff. [29 Oct 2003]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Science and belief
Comment The real experimenters are the observers who play no part in the administration or the measurement. In an ideal world experimenters should be free of bias in their selection of technique, measurement and subject. [19 Dec 2002]
Google searches for more moola (part two)
Comment Google has only recently caught on, in part because of the company's U.K.audience of about 7.5 million, according to measurement company Nielsen/NetRatings. We're aware of all of our competitors regardless if they are overseas, and we take these... [30 Jul 2002]
The Bloor Perspective: Google's magic formula, going mobile, and Oracle's testing times
Comment Last week Neilsen NetRatings, the web measurement people, released its latest monthly assessment. Google has been the recipient of some good news. It's the hottest property on the web, growing faster than any other site and still knocking the spots... [08 Jul 2002]
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