Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Measure and benchmark ---- basic

Measure and benchmark ---- basic

To know if you are improving productivity you need to measure it and benchmark your results against the industry rates and your past results.

Measures can be as simple as recording quantities installed and hours used for each project. At the end of the project, add the data to your database and track your project results over all of your projects.

More complex systems are available but they require more resources and system support. These will be described in a separate "advanced" entry.

With a database of your project results it's possible to compare your results with industry data, to track your progress of improvement and to identify "best in class" performance. Then you can start documenting your "best practice" --- what was unique about the project that has the best performance.

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