Quality Time With MoreSteam Finding Your North Star Metric with Karina Dubé
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Aug 20, 2024 
Karina Dubé, Director of Product for EngineRoom and former electrical engineer turned interactive media specialist. She talks about using statistics and simulation for continuous improvement. Hear about choosing a North Star metric, Process Playground discrete event simulation, visual reporting and data integrity in EngineRoom, and applying an experimentation mindset — with a side of adventurous ice cream testing.
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Use Control Charts To See Stability
- Control charts reveal whether a process is stable by tracking measurements over time against statistical limits.
- Use control charts to detect changes after interventions and confirm reduced variation or shifted means.
Prioritize Data By Your North Star
- Start by naming a North Star metric and brainstorm drivers that influence it using root-cause tools like fishbones.
- Prioritize easy-to-measure drivers first and use proxies when direct measurement is difficult.
A Single Toolbox For Improvement Work
- EngineRoom groups tools into documentation, diagramming, statistical analysis, and modeling to cover full continuous-improvement projects.
- Bundling these families gives a single environment for project artifacts from charters to discrete-event simulations.