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Total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization, per business entity FTE
This measure calculates the total cost of the IT function, excluding any depreciation/amortization allocated to the fiscal year for capital assets acquired in the current…
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Percentage of planned return on investment (ROI) for application development and maintenance projects
This measure calculates the percentage of return on investment (ROI) for application development and maintenance projects. Application development involves end-to-end…
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Level of FTE experience in years for the process group "manage the business of information technology"
This measure evaluates the level of full-time equivalent (FTE) employee experience in years for the process group "manage the business of information technology," which…
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Number of external service provider FTEs who perform the function "manage information technology" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of external service provider full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) per $1 billion revenue that perform the function "manage information…
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Other cost to perform the process group "manage the business of information technology", including depreciation/amortization, per $100,000 revenue
This measure calculates other cost (including depreciation/amortization) per $100,000 revenue to perform the process group "manage the business of information technology,"…
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Outsourced cost to perform the process group "manage the business of information technology", including depreciation/amortization, per $100,000 revenue
This measure calculates outsourced cost (including depreciation/amortization) per $100,000 revenue to perform the process group "manage the business of information technology…
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Percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization, allocated to operating/maintaining the business
This measure calculates the percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization for capital expenses on assets acquired during current period, allocated to…
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Internal personnel cost, including benefits, as a percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates the cost of internal personnel (including benefits) as a percentage of the total IT cost. Personnel cost refers to employee personnel compensation …
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On-premise software cost as a percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates the cost of on-premise software (including what is delivered via private clouds; including operating systems, middleware such as database management…
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Hardware cost as a percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates the cost of hardware (processors and storage including those part of private clouds) as a percentage of the total IT cost. Total IT Cost or Budget …
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Cycle time in days from the start of design and development through completion of test marketing for existing product/service improvement projects
This measure calculates the number of calendar days from the start of design and development for a product/service (beginning when resources are assigned) through completion…
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Cycle time in days from the start of design and development through completion of test marketing for new product/service development projects
This measure calculates the number of calendar days from the start of design and development for a product/service (beginning when resources are assigned) through completion…
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Number of FTEs (including external) that perform the process "prepare for production/service delivery" as a percentage of total function FTEs
This measure calculates number of full time equivalents (FTEs) (including external) that perform the process "prepare for production/service delivery" as a percentage of…
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Total cost to perform the process group "generate and define new product/service ideas" as a percentage of total function cost
This measure calculates total cost to perform the process group "generate and define new product/service ideas" as a percentage of total cost to perform the function "develop…
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Total cost to perform the process "design and prototype products and services" as a percentage of total function cost
This measure calculates total cost to perform the process "design and prototype products and services" as a percentage of total cost to perform the function "develop and…