Conversations from the Mirror42 Team

We have released a new way of finding Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in KPI Library. We have tagged listed KPIs, and now you can simply select KPIs based on tags. For example, if you look for KPIs on ‘budgets’ you simply select the relevant tag.

http://kpilibrary.com/categories/financial-management?tag=budget

In the near future we will provide additional new features to improve searching for KPIs in KPI Library.

We have released some great new features for KPI Dashboard. An overview:

• Simplified menu
• Make indicators restricted or visible for more security options
• Aggregates such as SUMs
• New dashboard portlets and the ability to size portlets
• Improved colors and the ability to define your own colors
• View KPI Benchmarks by linking to KPI Library.

Read more here.

Read my expert article on KPI Library on two approaches in enabling business performance management:

I see two common approaches in enabling business performance management. The first is bottom-up: you have data from various systems, you marry them together, and you have a common set of business data, on which you base your reports and KPIs. The second approach is top-down: you first define what your data needs are, and then you try to figure how to get the data, if and when it exists.

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