In modern organizations, data is everywhere. Dashboards update in real time. Reports are automated. Leadership teams review KPIs weekly. Yet despite all this visibility, business operations often ...

Projects are the backbone of the way you do business. Isn’t it time that you step up their analysis? After all, doing so is really the only way you can set concrete goals, ensure predictability, and ...

More and more companies, government agencies, educational institutions and philanthropic organizations are today in the grip of a new phenomenon. I’ve termed it “metric fixation.” The key components ...

This chapter reviews the use of project management metrics by the Office of Environmental Management (EM) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). 1 EM, in coordination with DOE’s Office of Project ...

Project managers are ultimately responsible for making sure projects are completed on time, on budget, and with the features and functionality specified by the project’s stakeholders. So one would ...

Oracle has introduced Project Analytics, a component of the Oracle Business Intelligence (BI) Applications, which monitors key project performance metrics and enables users to control project costs ...

What’s in a number? More than you might think. Just like miles per gallon indicates fuel efficiency, different numeric values in construction can indicate where things stand in the course of a project ...

What’s in a number? More than you might think. Just like miles per gallon indicates fuel efficiency, different numeric values in construction can indicate where things stand in the course of a project ...