Activity-to-Insight
A run starts when somebody needs to know what the revenue organization did and what came back. The processes here define each measure once, build the reports and dashboards that show them, answer the questions that arrive outside any dashboard, run the analyses that explain a change rather than only showing it, and retire the reports nobody reads. Marketing has a stream of the same shape for the same reason, and the two will disagree about every number unless the definitions come from one place, which is why the definitions live here.
vs/rev/activity-to-insight v1The processes
The processes in this stream
Answer a Data Question
Starts witha question arrives that no dashboard answers
Ends whenthe question is answered, and judged for whether it recurs
Activities inside
- Take in the Question
- Say What Changes on the Answer
- Check What Is Already Published
14 activities · 35 blanks to fill · no human gate
Build a Report
Starts witha question is asked often enough to be worth automating
Ends whenthe question answers itself on its cadence
Activities inside
- Take in the Question
- Look in the Report Store First
- Name the Reader and the Decision
14 activities · 39 blanks to fill · 1 human gate
Define a Measure
Starts withtwo reports disagree about the same word
Ends whenone rule for the word, at a version everyone counts against
Activities inside
- Take in the Request
- Find Where the Word Is Used
- Read the Definitions in Force
16 activities · 44 blanks to fill · 2 human gates
Retire a Report
Starts withthe review cadence comes round, or a report trips its condition
Ends whenthe reports nobody reads are off, and the record says why
Activities inside
- Take in the Review
- Read Who Opened Them
- Read What Each One Costs
16 activities · 42 blanks to fill · 1 human gate