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The latest news and insights from the team at Hubbard Decision ResearchThe Measurement Inversion
Think about the last time your company was faced with an investment in information technology – as an example. Perhaps you were deciding on a CRM platform, an upgrade to your replenishment or logistics software… – you can imagine such a scenario.  Regardless of the...
NIST 800-30 still has defenders
Jack Jones, the inventor of the FAIR method for assessing cybersecurity risk, comments on a defense of NIST 800-30 by someone who commented on one of his blogs. Â I take Jack's side on this. Â For those of you who have read my books, NIST 800-30 is one of the standards...
Evaluating Desert Restoration for the United Nations Environmental Program
Hubbard Decision Research conducted an analysis on behalf of the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) to determine the impact of restoring an overgrazed area of Inner Mongolia known as the Kubuqi Desert. Once a green pastureland, this area along the Yellow...
Where Standards are Worth Over $1 Billion
Hubbard Decision Research showed how standards are worth more than $1 billion per year in the insurance industry. Â ACORD is a not-for-profit association created by the insurance industry to facilitate the development of standards for its members. Most major insurance...
Snow Daze
It has been a heck of a winter for Portland, OR. The city has had nine school closure days due to snow and other winter weather. Per local reports, the metro area has been effectively shut down on many of these days. Portland’s transportation bureau budgets $300K a...
Project Management/Project Risk is the #1 Measurement Challenge
According to our recently completed “Measurement Challenges” survey, project risk and project management-related issues are the #1 most frequently identified measurement challenges, followed closely by change management and organizational transformation.  The survey...
Welcome to the ‘How to Measure anything in Cybersecurity Risk’ blog
Welcome to the new How To Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk blog. In this blog you will find information about the first new book in the How To Measure Anything Series. Co-authored by Douglas Hubbard and Richard Seiersen. For downloads, visit the official How To...
Hunting Wolves in Wisconsin
Given the current pricing of wolf hunting licenses in Wisconsin, it is unlikely that revenue from the wolf licenses offset the negative effects wolves have from killing deer, livestock, and dogs. However, there are two caveats to this statement: first, to make this...
