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Cycle time in days to complete the annual budget
This measure calculates the number of calendar days (including weekends) it takes to complete the annual budget. It is part of a set of Cycle Time measures that help…
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Percentage error for the total sales forecast
This measure calculates total sales forecasting percentage error. It is calculated as the absolute value of ((Projected – actual sales) / actual sales) * 100.
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Total cost to perform the process "perform planning/budgeting/forecasting" as a percentage of revenue
This measure calculates the total cost to perform the process "perform planning/budgeting/forecasting"—which involves developing periodic plans, budgets, and forecasts to…
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Overall forecast accuracy
Forecast accuracy compares forecasted sales for a specific period. Forecast accuracy is computed as 1 - the absolute value of (actual sales - forecast sales), divided by the…
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Total cost to perform the process "perform planning/budgeting/forecasting" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the total cost per $1,000 revenue to perform the process "perform planning/budgeting/forecasting," which involves developing periodic plans, budgets,…
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Percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization, allocated to process group "develop and implement security, privacy, and data protection controls"
This measure calculates percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization, allocated to the process group "develop and implement security, privacy, and data…
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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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Total cost to perform the process group "develop and implement security, privacy, and data protection controls", excluding depreciation/amortization, per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the total cost (excluding depreciation/amortization for assets acquired during reporting period) per $1,000 revenue to perform the process group …
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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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Application security cost as a percentage of total IT security and compliance cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates the cost of application security as a percentage of the total IT security and compliance cost. IT security and compliance cost covers expenses for…
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Public cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cost as a percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates the cost of public cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Serviceas a percentage of the total IT cost. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) describes cloud computing…
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Infrastructure and endpoint security cost as a percentage of total IT security and compliance cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates the cost of infrastructure and endpoint security as a percentage of the total IT security and compliance cost. Endpoints or endpoint devices are…