The Digital Project Manager

Are You Tracking the Wrong Metrics? How AI Can De-Risk Delivery

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Aug 27, 2025
In this insightful discussion, Lior Gerson, Co-founder and CEO of TargetBoard.ai, dives into how AI is transforming KPI management. He emphasizes the importance of aligning metrics with business strategy to drive real impact. They explore moving beyond outdated metrics like velocity and utilization to focus on meaningful data. Gerson tackles the challenges of cultural mismatches and the need for real-time forecasting. The conversation highlights how AI can enhance decision-making and streamline performance reporting.
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ADVICE

Measure What Moves The Needle

  • Track only metrics that help you reach your business or project goal.
  • Ignore everything else as noise and align measures to your strategy.
ANECDOTE

Automating Quarter Forecasts In A Day

  • Versapay automated a forecasting formula that combined past contributor performance with current capacity.
  • It took one day to automate and gave instant answers to "what will we deliver this month?"
INSIGHT

Quick Data Propagation Yields Compounding Impact

  • Fast propagation of staffing changes compounds into large timeline impacts.
  • Getting staffing and capacity data to decision-makers quickly yields outsized benefits.
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