I’d like to see an study showing the percentage of performance measurement initiatives that last longer than a year. I bet it’s not high.
My working theory is that the designers of performance measurement initiatives are too ambitious at the outset and set up measurements that never get used and therefore eventually stop getting collected [...]
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September 3rd, 2010 | Posted in Procurement, Vendor Management, agile development, performance measurement, roi
I believe there’s a lot purchasing professionals can learn from agile software development; which values iterative development and process adaptability over large-scale, long-term locking down of requirements – imagine a vendor relationship that is actively managed and can be easily dismantled vs a 15 year outsourcing agreement.
The theory is that the additional effort that directed [...]
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September 3rd, 2010 | Posted in Procurement, Vendor Management, agile development