Monthly Archives: April 2008

Cruel But Fair: The IT Auditor’s Ball

Posted on April 29, 2008 by dutcherstiles

There is no need to remind me how I dislike Las Vegas. As the woman walking away from the conference this afternoon said, “casinos are full of weird people.” And she wasn’t talking about her fellow information systems governance professionals. … Continue reading →

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Metrics Gone Wrong: Horsepower at 100% Throttle

Posted on April 17, 2008 by dutcherstiles

In the April issue of Bike magazine, Simon Hargreaves examines the myth of the dyno. The rise of the the Dynojet Dynamometer provided a cheap, standard way to measure motorcycle horsepower, allowing a common manner to rate the impact of … Continue reading →

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Metrics Gone Wrong: Body Count

Posted on April 14, 2008 by dutcherstiles

From the Washington Post, and which also I heard on the radio this morning, the Colombian army finds a twisted method to meet their performance metrics: But under intense pressure from Colombian military commanders to register combat kills, the army … Continue reading →

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