O que medir

A terceira questão que Robert Simons nos convida a colocar é:
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"The question - What critical performances variables are you tracking? (with its focus on the adjective critical) - is the starting point."
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"Tracking performance goals - the third implementation imperative - can propel your organization to strategic success. But do it badly and you can derail the entire enterprise"
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"Many managers complain that they’re overwhelmed by how many things they’re asked to keep track of in all-inclusive lists of performance measures. It’s not uncommon for companies to create scorecards with 30, 40, or more variables, in the mistaken belief that adding measures results in a more complete—and therefore better—scorecard. Information technology enables us to gather more and more data at lower and lower cost. But we cannot keep tracking so many variables. E ffective managers monitor only a small number—those that could cause their strategy to fail.
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there is a simple but often overlooked reason to measure just a few variables: Management attention is your scarcest resource. As you add metrics to your scorecards, you incur an opportunity cost, in that people have less time to focus on what really matters.
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There’s another reason to limit your focus: If you add too many measures to your scorecards, you will drive out innovation."
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"To evaluate the usefulness of any performance measures, you must first decide if they are measuring the right things. Otherwise you may be making important decisions based on the wrong indicators.
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There is only one way to test this: you must explain how you believe value is created. Then, and only then, can you determine what variables and measures are critical to success."
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Primeiro, quem são os clientes-alvo?
Segundo, qual a proposta de valor a oferecer-lhes?
Terceiro, qual o enredo, qual a narrativa, qual a estratégia para fazer a relação funcionar?
E só depois, o que medir.
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Trechos retirados do livro "Seven Strategy Questions" e do artigo "Stress-Test Your Strategy The 7 Questions to Ask" publicado no número de Novembro da revista Harvard Business Review.