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Business entity revenue per business entity employee
This measure calculates revenue per employee for the current reporting period. It is a Staff Productivity measure that helps companies assess the efficiency of their staff…
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Business entity revenue per business entity FTE
This measure calculates business entity revenue per business entity full-time equivalent employee (FTE). This Staff Productivity measure is intended to help companies assess…
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Selling, general, and administrative (SGA) costs as a percentage of business entity revenue
This measure calculates the organization's expenditure in selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) costs as a percentage of business entity revenue. SG&A costs encompass a…
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Total cost of continuing operations as percentage of revenue
This measure calculates the total cost of continuing operations as a percentage of revenue. Total cost of continuing operations is the sum of cost of goods sold (COGS) and…
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Total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization, per IT function 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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Total IT external personnel cost per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates external personnel cost per $1,000 revenue to perform the function “manage information technology”. While inclusion or exclusion of IT capital…
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Average IT budget variance for application development and maintenance projects
This measure computes the average IT budget variance for application development and maintenance projects. It is calculated as the difference in budget required to complete…
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Average schedule variance for application development and maintenance projects
This measure calculates the average schedule variance for application development and maintenance projects. It can be computed as the difference in days required to complete…
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Percentage of respondents claiming to be satisfied with the IT helpdesk
This measure calculates the percentage of respondents that claim to be satisfied with the IT helpdesk in the most recent IT helpdesk satisfaction survey. It is part of a set…
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Number of IT FTEs that perform the process group "develop and implement security, privacy, and data protection controls" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of IT full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) per $1 billion revenue that perform the process group "develop and implement security, privacy,…
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Percentage of business entity IT FTEs who perform the process group "develop and implement security, privacy, and data protection controls"
This measure calculates the percentage of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) who perform the process group "develop and implement security, privacy, and data protection…
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Percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization, allocated to operating costs
This measure calculates the percentage of the total IT cost allocated to IT operating cost excluding depreciation/amortization. In this measure, operating expense includes…
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Total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization, per business entity employee
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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Number of business entity employees per FTE that performs IT processes
This measure calculates the number of business entity employees per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee that performs the function, "manage information technology." This…
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Total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization, per end user
This measure calculates total annual IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization, per end user. Total IT Cost or Budget (excluding depreciation/amortization; i.e., based on…