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Leading vs Lagging Metrics

Leading vs Lagging Metrics

Author(s):

Founder & CEO, Elements.cloud

Digital transformation was always a 5 year plan that could be put off because it was so painful. But COVID has forced organizations to make dramatic, transformational changes in 5 months or 5 weeks. And the pace of change has not let up as organizations are evolving to stay relevant in very uncertain times.

Never has it been more important that the executives and managers have accurate dashboards and reports to be able to drive business decisions. But are they looking out of the windshield of the car or out of the back window?

Put another way, are the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that they are using to make their decisions leading indicators or lagging indicators? Lagging indicators vs. leading indicators

Some examples of lagging and leading indicators:

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Article Series Part 5- Citizen Data Scientist: Digital Transformation Debts post-Covid-19

Article Series Part 5- Citizen Data Scientist: Digital Transformation Debts post-Covid-19

Author(s):

Principal and Chief Scientist, Khosh Consulting

Editor’s Note: The DBizInstitute is excited to share this article, written by Dr. Setrag Khoshafian, with our community and in advance of his new book release. Keep an eye on our website as we share additional articles in the coming months written by Setrag, as well as a pending Meet the Author webcast to discuss his new book ‘How to Alleviate Digital Transformation Debt’ expected to air Fall 2021. This article was originally published on CognitiveWorld.com on October 19, 2020.

 

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Article Series Part 4 – No Code Citizen Developers: Digital Transformation Debts post-Covid-19

Article Series Part 4 – No Code Citizen Developers: Digital Transformation Debts post-Covid-19

Author(s):

Principal and Chief Scientist, Khosh Consulting

Editor’s Note: The DBizInstitute is excited to share this article, written by Dr. Setrag Khoshafian, with our community and in advance of his new book release. Keep an eye on our website as we share additional articles in the coming months written by Setrag, as well as a pending Meet the Author webcast to discuss his new book ‘How to Alleviate Digital Transformation Debt’ expected to air Fall 2021. This article was originally published on CognitiveWorld.com on September 27, 2020.

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Article Series Part 3 – Automation: Digital Transformation Debts post-Covid-19

Article Series Part 3 – Automation: Digital Transformation Debts post-Covid-19

Author(s):

Principal and Chief Scientist, Khosh Consulting

Editor’s Note: DBizInstitute is excited to share this article, written by Dr. Setrag Khoshafian, with our community and in advance of his new book release. Keep an eye on our website as we share additional articles in the coming months written by Setrag, as well as a pending Meet the Author webcast to discuss his new book ‘How to Alleviate Digital Transformation Debt’ expected to air Fall 2021. This article was originally published on CognitiveWorld.com on August 23, 2020.

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Article Series Part 2 – Operational Excellence and VSaaS: Digital Transformation Debts post-Covid-19

Article Series Part 2 – Operational Excellence and VSaaS: Digital Transformation Debts post-Covid-19

Author(s):

Principal and Chief Scientist, Khosh Consulting

Editors Note: BPMInstitute is excited to share this article, written by Dr. Setrag Khoshafian, with our community and in advance of his new book release. Keep an eye on our website as we share additional articles in the coming months written by Setrag, as well as a pending Meet the Author webcast to discuss his new book ‘How to Alleviate Digital Transformation Debt’ expected to air Fall 2021. This article was originally published on CognitiveWorld.com on August 1, 2020.


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Article Series Part 1 – Culture: Digital Transformation Debts post-Covid-19

Article Series Part 1 – Culture: Digital Transformation Debts post-Covid-19

Author(s):

Principal and Chief Scientist, Khosh Consulting

Editors Note: BPMInstitute is excited to share this article, written by Dr. Setrag Khoshafian, with our community and in advance of his new book release. Keep an eye on our website as we share additional articles in the coming months written by Setrag, as well as a pending Meet the Author webcast to discuss his new book ‘How to Alleviate Digital Transformation Debt’ expected to air Fall 2021. This article was originally published on CognitiveWorld.com on July 14, 2020.


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Intelligent Process Automation of Things (IPAoT)

Intelligent Process Automation of Things (IPAoT)

Author(s):

Principal and Chief Scientist, Khosh Consulting

Editors Note: DBizInstitute is excited to share this article, written by Dr. Setrag Khoshafian, with our community and in advance of his new book release. Keep an eye on our website as we share additional articles in the coming months written by Setrag, as well as a pending Meet the Author webcast to discuss his new book ‘How to Alleviate Digital Transformation Debt’ expected to air Fall 2021. This article was originally published on CognitiveWorld.com on June 26, 2020. 

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BPM Resurgence

BPM Resurgence

Author(s):

Faculty Member, DBizInstitute.org and Managing Director, Spanyi International

Business process management (BPM) has been quietly undergoing resurgence as organizations gradually recognize the central role of process in digital transformation.

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AI Driving Digital Customer Engagement: Part II

AI Driving Digital Customer Engagement: Part II

Author(s):

Principal and Chief Scientist, Khosh Consulting

Editors Note: DBizInstitute is excited to share this article, written by Dr. Setrag Khoshafian, with our community and in advance of his new book release. Keep an eye on our website as we share additional articles in the coming months written by Setrag, as well as a pending Meet the Author webcast to discuss his new book ‘How to Alleviate Digital Transformation Debt’ expected to air Fall 2021. Be sure to pre-register for the webcast! This article was originally published on CognitiveWorld.com on December 22, 2019. This is a two-part article; Part I can be found here

Digitized Value Streams

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AI Driving Digital Customer Engagement: Part I

AI Driving Digital Customer Engagement: Part I

Author(s):

Principal and Chief Scientist, Khosh Consulting

Editors Note: DBizInstitute is excited to share this article, written by Dr. Setrag Khoshafian, with our community and in advance of his new book release. Keep an eye on our website as we share additional articles in the coming months written by Setrag, as well as a pending Meet the Author webcast to discuss his new book ‘How to Alleviate Digital Transformation Debt’ expected to air Fall 2021. Be sure to pre-register for the webcast here! This article was originally published on CognitiveWorld.com on December 19, 2019. 

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