DPI Measurement And Reporting Practice Question

An enterprise IT strategist is establishing a metrics governance board. Different departments continually invent custom metrics, leading to 'metric sprawl' and conflicting dashboards across the company. How should the governance board control this sprawl?

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Implement a metric lifecycle management process featuring a centralized metric catalogue, formal approval criteria, and periodic reviews to retire obsolete indicators.

Metric governance requires a standardized catalogue, approval workflows for new metrics, and regular retirement of obsolete indicators.

Answer analysis

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Implement a metric lifecycle management process featuring a centralized metric catalogue, formal approval criteria, and periodic reviews to retire obsolete indicators.
Why this is correct
Lifecycle management ensures every metric serves a validated purpose and prevents uncontrolled metric sprawl.
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Ban all departments from creating any metrics ever again.
Why it's wrong here
Banning all metrics halts necessary operational tracking.
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Mandate that all metrics be stored exclusively in local Excel spreadsheets.
Why it's wrong here
Excel spreadsheets worsen data silos and sprawl.
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Outsource all metric creation to an external management consultancy.
Why it's wrong here
Consultancies cannot govern internal metrics long-term without internal governance structures.

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