Comments on: Standardized Work: How My White Board Keeps me On Track

By: Chet Marchwinski

Chet Marchwinski — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:21:28 +0000

Beats the heck out of a to-do list. Does the “hot” quadrant serve that purpose?

By: Pete Abilla

Pete Abilla — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:36:38 +0000

In reply to Frank.

Hi Frank. Thanks for your comment.

As far as goals and metrics go, they can be represented as one and the same. For me, it’s helpful to have both the goal and the measurements separate. For example, the goal might be “reduce unnecessary expedited shipments by 15%”. The metric might be a run chart that shows the rate of expedited shipments. I like to separate those, but they can easily be one and the same.

Again, thank you for taking the time to read shmula.

By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:24:53 +0000

Nice post Pete !!

This is a great example of how to see the big picture and the road that leads to it. Can you give me an example of the difference between a goal and a metric? All of my metrics have goals, so I’m a little confused why you have two quadrants.

Thanks.

Frank