--- title: The Measurement Wastleland description: Measuring for the sake of measuring can be a wasteful activity, defeating business objectives and reducing value to your stakeholders. --- [![Leonardo Consulting](https://info.leonardo.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Leonardo%20Logo.png?width=350&height=50&name=Leonardo%20Logo.png "Leonardo Consulting")](https://www.leonardo.com.au) # The Measurement Wasteland Any form of measurement is better than none! Or is it? ![](https://info.leonardo.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Offer_Thumbnails/15_Measurement_Wasteland__M_Fargnoli.jpg?width=250&height=339&name=15_Measurement_Wasteland__M_Fargnoli.jpg)Measuring for the sake of measuring can create vast wasteful activity, defeating the objectives it was originally intended to address, increasing costs, and reducing value to customers and other stakeholders. If no structured framework on which to bring these measures and their methods together is designed and adopted, then the overall purpose for measuring in the first place is lost, at least in the main—and this adds to this wasteland. This paper discusses: - Enterprise-wide measurement frameworks - Performance comparison approaches - Selecting the right metrics useful for management - Implemeting and continously managing measurement  ### Download this paper! ### Subscribe to Email Updates **Brisbane Head Office:** Level 8 - Suite 90 Silverton Place 101 Wickham Tce  Brisbane QLD 4000 AUSTRALIA  Phone:  +61 (0)7 3831 5511 Fax:  +61 (0)7 3831 5522  Email:   [info@leonardo.com.au](mailto:info@leonardo.com.au) [Facebook](https://info.leonardo.com.au/the-measurement-wasteland#)[Twitter](https://info.leonardo.com.au/the-measurement-wasteland#)[LinkedIn](https://info.leonardo.com.au/the-measurement-wasteland#)[Pinterest](https://info.leonardo.com.au/the-measurement-wasteland#) 1999-2016 © Incotrade Australia Pty Ltd trading as Leonardo Consulting. All rights reserved. ACN 066 273 256. |  [Privacy Statement](https://leonardo-com.hs-sites.com/privacy)