In Russian
Hello, [I have] short question - where i can find the book in Russian? On the site it is written that the translation exists. I`m writing postgraduate research on the efficiency of IT - it is quite interesting to take a deep look into your methodology, but the...
Standard Deviation and Destributions
Originally posted at http://www.howtomeasureanything.com, on Tuesday, February 03, 2009 9:20:28 AM, by lascar. "Hello. I've enjoyed the book and am trying to apply AIE to some of our IT decision making. Unfortunately I don't have a statistician's background and my...
Measuring Prevention
Originally posted on http://www.howtomeasureanything.com/forums/ on Monday, December 22, 2008 4:23:05 PM, by Dynera. "Hi Doug, I have your book on order and I was wondering if you cover the measurement of preventation effectivenss. For instance, I was involved with a...
First Print Errata
Welcome to the Errata thread in the book discussion of the How to Measure Anything Forum. An author goes through a lot of check with the publisher but some errors manage to get through. Some my fault, some caused by the typesetter or publisher not making previous...
Computing the Value of Information
 Originally posted at http://www.howtomeasureanything.com, on Monday, December 08, 2008 10:08:08 PM, by Unknown. "I’m trying to quickly identify the items I need to spend time measuring. In your book, you determine what to measure by computing the value of...
How do we measure the level of alignment of an organization to its stated strategy goals?
Originally posted at http://www.howtomeasureanything.com, on Monday, December 08, 2008 9:32:43 PM, by Amichai. "The challenge is to come up with a simple, clearly defined number (or a few numbers) that reflect how well the organization is executing towards the goals...
Challenge Me
As I mentioned in the book, I often offer a sort of measurement challenge to an audience where I'm speaking about measuring the immeasurable. I ask anyone listening to give me an example of an impossible measurement at any time during the conference and, after a 15...
Facilitating Calibrated Estimates
The book shows that calibrated probability assessments really do work and it gives the reader some idea about how to employ them. But facilitating a workshop - with calibrated estimates or any other formal method - has its own challenges. Participants ask questions or...
Do you have questions about the content or use of a download?
If you have any questions about the downloads and how they are used for reference in the book, this is the place to post them. The downloads are meant to provide readers with examples that are already set up and, in many cases, can already use on practical problems....
Intro To IT Value
Yes, IT seems to stump a lot of people that try to measure its value. But the methods for measuring value don't have to be that difficult. First, my readers will know that measuring the value means reducing your prior uncertainty about the value. My readers also know...