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Time-to-market (build-to-launch) in months for major new/enhanced IT services investments between $500,000 and $1 million USD
This measure calculates the number of months that elapses between when all IT service requirements are defined and when those services are implemented for major new/enhanced…
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Percentage of initially planned functionality that is delivered for application development and maintenance projects in the most recent year
This measure calculates average percentage of initially planned functionality that was delivered for application development and maintenance projects fully completed during…
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Percentage of application development and maintenance projects in the most recent year delivered on time or early
This measure calculates the percentage of application development and maintenance projects in the most recent year that were delivered on time or early. Application…
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Percentage of application development and maintenance projects in the most recent year delivered on or below budget
This measure calculates the percentage of application development and maintenance projects in the most recent year that were delivered on or below budget. Application…
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Total cost to perform the process "manage sales orders" as a percentage of total order-to-cash process cost
This measure calculates the percentage of total order-to-cash process cost that comes from the total cost to perform the process group "manage sales orders." The order-to…
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Percentage of qualified leads where the sale is closed
This measure calculates the percentage of qualified leads that close a sale. Qualified leads are prospective customers who have a demonstrated interest in the product or…
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Average time in days to deploy new computing capacity
This measure calculates the average number of days it takes to deploy new computing capacity. It is part of a set of Cycle Time measures that help companies analyze the…
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Percentage of IT operating costs, excluding depreciation/amortization, dedicated to develop and integrate services/solutions
This measure calculates the percentage of IT operating costs, excluding depreciation/amortization, allocated to developing and integrating services/solutions, in which the…
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Percentage of IT operating costs, excluding depreciation/amortization, dedicated to deploy services/solutions
This measure calculates the percentage of IT operating costs, excluding depreciation/amortization, allocated to the process “deploy services/solutions" which involves…
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Percentage of IT operating costs, excluding depreciation/amortization, dedicated to support services/solutions
This measure calculates the percentage of IT operating costs, excluding depreciation/amortization, allocated to the process “support services/solutions" which involves…
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Outsourced cost to perform the process "manage sales orders", "manage customer requests/inquiries", and "manage customer complaints" per call contact
This measure identifies the outsourced cost (total cost of all aspects of a process transferred to a third party, minus one-time developments/improvements of systems) on a…
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Overhead cost to perform the processes "manage sales orders", "manage customer service requests/inquiries", and "manage customer complaints" per inbound contact
This measure calculates, per inbound contact, overhead cost (i.e. costs that an organization cannot identify as direct costs of performing a process; these include occupancy,…
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Total cost to perform the processes "manage sales orders", "manage customer service requests/inquiries", and "manage customer complaints" per active customer
This measure the total costs associated with these three processes per active customer. These processes involve managing a customer before and after delivery, and obtaining…
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Total cost to perform the processes "manage sales orders", "manage customer service requests/inquiries", and "manage customer complaints" per inbound contact
This measure the total costs associated with these three processes per active customer. These processes involve managing a customer before and after delivery, and obtaining…
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Inbound contacts for the process "manage sales orders" as a percentage of total inbound contacts
This measure calculates the percentage of customer-initiated inquiries (related to sales, information, technical support, customer service, or complaints) that come from the…