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Data Measurement Guide (Part 1): Data Definitions Are the Interface of Collaboration

Metrics are not numbers on a report; they are the shared language a team uses to describe the same thing. Only after defining the object, event, denominator, and time can data participate in decisions.

LiyukLiyukPublished March 15, 20216 min read
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  • #Metrics
  • #Collaboration
  • #Measurement
  • #Technology
  1. 1Data Measurement Guide (Part 1): Data Definitions Are the Interface of CollaborationShort · 6 min readThis chapter
  2. 2Data Measurement Guide (Part 2): Define What You're Measuring Before Arguing About MetricsShort · 13 min read
  3. 3Data Measurement Guide (Part 3): Metric Tiers, Let Data Serve the Most Important Decisions FirstShort · 4 min read
  4. 4Data Measurement Guide (Part 4): The Metric Dictionary Template — Turning Definitions into a Recomputable Collaboration InterfaceShort · 4 min read
  5. 5Data Measurement Guide (Part 5): Periodic Statistics and Retrospectives, Turning Numbers into the Next ActionShort · 4 min read
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