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What does the percentage of product defects measure?
Which metric focuses on maintaining happy customers to encourage repeat business?
What is the purpose of tracking customer support tickets?
How is the Net Promoter Score (NPS) primarily used?
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Which strategy evaluates the efficiency of customer acquisition?
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What is an effective way to measure LOB efficiency in manufacturing?
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What does a low percentage of product defects indicate?
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Which metric can help prioritize tasks in customer service management?
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What is the maximum number of projects that project staff can manage simultaneously?
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Which primary tool is used to reduce group bias during brainstorming sessions?
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What is one of the key aims of continuous improvement?
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Which tool helps in visualizing the parent-child relationships between tasks?
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What does continuous improvement primarily focus on?
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Which of the following tools is structured to identify potential risks?
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What role does root cause analysis play in quality assurance audits?
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Which of the following statements about the project leader's capacity is correct?
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What is the primary goal of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems?
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Which of the following best describes paperless project management?
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What does Project Management Maturity (PMM) evaluate?
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Which driving force for better metrics focuses on demonstrating the project team's contributions?
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How does benchmarking benefit project management processes?
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What is a critical success factor for project metrics to meet stakeholder expectations?
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Which of the following is NOT one of the driving forces for better metrics in project management?
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What role does the Monitoring Agency fulfill in project management?
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Study Notes
Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)
- Measures the efficiency of customer acquisition strategies
- Calculated by dividing total sales and marketing costs by the number of new customers
Customer Satisfaction & Retention
- Focuses on maintaining happy customers to encourage repeat business
- Measured through satisfaction scores and repeat purchase percentages
Net Promoter Score (NPS)
- Indicates long-term company growth by asking customers how likely they are to recommend the company to others
- Used to establish growth benchmarks and improve customer relationships
Customer Support Tickets
- Tracks the number of new and resolved support tickets, as well as the resolution time
- Important for managing customer service issues, prioritizing tasks, and improving customer satisfaction
Percentage of Product Defects
- Measures the percentage of defective products by dividing defective units by total units produced
- Aiming for a low defect percentage indicates better product quality
Customer Support Tickets (Project Management)
- Analysis of the number of new tickets, the number of resolved tickets, and resolution time will help you create the best customer service department in your industry
- Customer Support Tickets play a crucial role in project management, especially in the context of customer service and issue resolution
- In project management, leveraging Customer Support Tickets allows project teams to effectively manage customer inquiries, track issue resolution, prioritize tasks, and ultimately enhance customer satisfaction and project success
Percentage of Product Defects (Project Management)
- Take the number of defective units and divide it by the total number of units produced in the time frame you're examining
- This will give you the percentage of defective products
- Clearly, the lower you can get this number, the better
LOB Efficiency Measure
- Line of Business (LOB) Efficiency can be measured differently in every industry. Let's use the manufacturing industry as an example.
- You can measure your organization's efficiency by analyzing how many units you have produced every hour, and what percentage of time your plant was up and running.
Keep This Information Updated Throughout the Project Lifecycle
- This is an essential guideline for all project members to follow.
Customer Relations Management (CRM)
- CRM is a strategy that helps companies manage and analyze interactions with past, current, and potential customers
- Strategic CRM focuses on developing a customer-centric business culture
- The main goal of CRM systems is to integrate and automate sales, marketing, and customer support functions
Paperless Project Management
- Refers to office environments where all documentation, record-keeping, and filing are fully digital
- In a paperless office, computer systems are used to create, store, retrieve, and dispose of documents and records
Project Management Maturity and Metrics (PMM)
- PMM evaluates how effectively an organization uses project management practices
- Higher levels of PMM require more refined and standardized processes, improving the likelihood of completing projects on time, within budget, and with the desired quality
Project Management Benchmarking and Metrics
- Benchmarking tracks and compares quantitative data such as cost, delivery speed, quality, customer satisfaction, and other metrics
- It helps assess the strengths and weaknesses of project management processes and identify areas for improvement
Five Driving Forces for Better Metrics in Project Management
- Proving Value: Use relevant metrics to demonstrate the project management team's contribution to organizational objectives.
- Improving Performance: Leverage metrics to identify areas for improvement and adjust strategies to enhance project performance
- Aligning with Purpose and Critical Success Factors: Tailor metrics to align with the project's specific goals and success factors
- Stakeholder Expectations: Adopt metrics that meet stakeholders' expectations, even if they aren't directly related to the project's success
- Avoiding Complacency: Recognize the need for better metrics when project performance declines or external factors change
Project Players
- Monitoring Agency: Reviews proposals, provides technical assistance, and coordinates between agencies, ensuring project implementation aligns with the approved plan
- Funding Agency: The grant-giving entity providing funds and technical/material support for the project
- Program Leader: Can manage a maximum of 2 programs simultaneously
- Project Leader: Can manage up to 3 projects at the same time
- Project Staff: Responsible for the day-to-day implementation of the S&T project. The project staff is limited to working on a maximum of 2 projects simultaneously
Quality Assurance vs. Quality Control
- Quality Control: Focuses on preventing defects during the production process
- Quality Assurance: Ensures that quality standards are met throughout the project lifecycle, from planning to execution to delivery
Quality Assurance Audits Involve
- Analyzing quality control data to identify quality issues and revise minimum quality standards if needed
- Identifying process improvements to enhance overall quality
- Performing root cause analysis to uncover the underlying causes of quality problems and guide necessary improvements
Continuous Improvement
- Aims for ongoing enhancement rather than one-time fixes
- Involves a system, like Kaizen, which focuses on continually refining processes
- Key to this effort are Seven Primary Tools that aid in identifying, analyzing, and solving problems to drive improvement
Seven Primary Tools for Continuous Improvement
- Affinity Diagrams: Used to reduce group bias during brainstorming sessions. The group collaboratively develops ideas instead of relying on a single facilitator.
- Process Decision Program Charts (PDPC): A structured method for identifying potential risks and creating response plans. It helps define tasks, risks, and corresponding contingencies, ensuring readiness for challenges.
- Interrelationship Diagrams: Helps identify cause-and-effect relationships between factors in complex situations. It's useful for determining primary causes when multiple interconnected factors exist.
- Tree Diagrams: Visual tools for understanding parent-child relationships between tasks or processes, helping to pinpoint primary causes of defects or issues in production.
- Prioritization Matrices: Used to rank issues based on specific criteria (e.g., frequency, feasibility, customer benefit) to determine the best course of action when multiple issues arise.
- Network Diagrams: Useful for understanding the interconnections between processes, helping to identify areas for improvement and assess how changes will impact existing workflows.
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Test your knowledge on essential marketing metrics such as Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC), Customer Satisfaction, and Net Promoter Score (NPS). This quiz will help you understand how these metrics influence customer retention and support strategies. Enhance your grasp of metrics that drive business growth and customer loyalty.
