Measuring All Directions

We've discussed measures and the necessity for leaders to provide the proper measurements for effective management.

I would like to dive a little into what we measure and how these efforts are beneficial to our next steps.

First, we must measure in all directions... historical, current, and future.

Historical
Measuring historically means searching past developments and tracking what's been successful, observing key points, looking for clusterings of ideas, and organizing thoughts into natural groupings.

Current
Measuring current measures means having real time measures for key vitals/goals of current projects. These measures are based on future goal and lessons from the past.

Future
Measuring future measures is somewhat subjective, but feasible if historical and current measures are maintained. Future measures can be tracked in advance if the vectors effecting those goals are known and measured.

Measures are possible for various angles on any project development - leaders must work to think outside the pressures of task to define the principled goal that can be measured and create the tools to perform those practices.

Additionally, measures should be simple, understandable, quantifiable, and efficiently quick to gauge.

Challenge: Expand your perspective of measures, think past, present, and future for the tangibility of your goals.