IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on 12/15/2011 08:15:26 AM:
> From: "McKown, John" <[email protected]> > http://www.infoworld.com/t/it-strategy/stupid-consultant-tricks-180912 > http://www.infoworld.com/t/it-strategy/the-four-fallacies-it-metrics-181517 I've been following this fellow for several yrs. One of the high points of my week. I've sent links to others within the company. a USA-centric metrics joke Two AL state troopers are chasing a car at high speed on I-20 E out of Birmingham. When they get to the GA state line (the location of the boundary of the time zone), they pull over. Says one: "Too bad we couldn't catch him before he got to GA. He is an hour ahead of us now." Moral: if you measure the wrong thing, you get the wrong answer. In fact the answer you get is irrelevant. related USA-centric metrics joke Someone forwarded that story to me w/I-20 (an E-W road) replaced w/I-95 (a N-S road). Moral: make sure you understand a story before you tell it. Using the wrong conditions will invalidate measurements and stories. ----------------------------------------- The information contained in this communication (including any attachments hereto) is confidential and is intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or unauthorized use of this information, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. Thank you ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
