Hi Luca! I find very true your comment about the importance of processes visibility in project management, and how the act of measuring does not find its value in the measurement itself but in the mental posture - defined as 'intent of measuring' in your article - that you acquire toward the phenomena itself. This mental approach should be open and with no other goal than an understanding of project dynamics, to eventually provoke the object of the measurement with a change in order to observe if the reaction of it is in line with the business/management objectives. It would be nice to hear from you if you have any comment to share about how to select a good metrics and how to spot vanity metrics instead. Thank you for your post and keep going on!
Hi Daniele, thank you for your comment! I love the “mental posture” concept, it’s the perfect image
As you said, I think it's good to start measuring something before you even know “what do to” with the data — because it creates the good posture, and you might always figure out later how to use the information.
The point, however, is to make sure that you use it at some point! Because at the end of the day we should track only what we can act on. That’s how you spot vanity metrics: they are not actionable.
So, after the initial setup, and possibly some iterations, I think you may ask: am I able to do something with this? If the answer is no, then you can stop measuring
Hi Luca! I find very true your comment about the importance of processes visibility in project management, and how the act of measuring does not find its value in the measurement itself but in the mental posture - defined as 'intent of measuring' in your article - that you acquire toward the phenomena itself. This mental approach should be open and with no other goal than an understanding of project dynamics, to eventually provoke the object of the measurement with a change in order to observe if the reaction of it is in line with the business/management objectives. It would be nice to hear from you if you have any comment to share about how to select a good metrics and how to spot vanity metrics instead. Thank you for your post and keep going on!
Hi Daniele, thank you for your comment! I love the “mental posture” concept, it’s the perfect image
As you said, I think it's good to start measuring something before you even know “what do to” with the data — because it creates the good posture, and you might always figure out later how to use the information.
The point, however, is to make sure that you use it at some point! Because at the end of the day we should track only what we can act on. That’s how you spot vanity metrics: they are not actionable.
So, after the initial setup, and possibly some iterations, I think you may ask: am I able to do something with this? If the answer is no, then you can stop measuring
Thanks for the reply! It makes a lot of sense to me!