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Measurements analyst has all the information necessary to determine past performance, current and future estimated that each indicator provides so we can support better decision-making and continuous improvement of processes available through graphics, rules of pattern analysis variation, filters and other facilities like comparing baseline and extrapolation or comparing individual series. You can access this type of analysis directly from the tools

Fig. 23. Distribución de datos normalNormal Distribution

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The Context

The context is the quantitative / qualitative information associated with a graph / data of an indicator for a project / group in a period of time that gives it meaning and that it must always accompany them in order to be feasible its interpretation. This context is generated automatically by the application.

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In Improvekit we return to the primordial philosophy of object orientation, which is to be based on mental models. In the framework of the system, we do it using the Activity Systems. Activity theory helps explain how social artifacts and social organization mediate social action.
        
The goal of Activity Theory is understanding the mental capabilities of a single individual. However, it rejects the isolated individuals as insufficient unit of analysis, analyzing the cultural and technical aspects of human actions. Activity theory is most often used to describe actions in a socio-technical system through six related elements of a conceptual system expanded by more nuanced theories:

  • Object-orientedness : the objective of the activity system. Object refers to the objectiveness of the reality; items are considered objective according to natural sciences but also have social and cultural properties.

  • Subject or internalization : actors engaged in the activities; the traditional notion of mental processes

  • Community or externalization : social context; all actors involved in the activity system

  • Tools or tool mediation : the artifacts (or concepts) used by actors in the system. Tools influence actor-structure interactions, they change with accumulating experience. In addition to physical shape, the knowledge also evolves. Tools are influenced by culture, and their use is a way for the accumulation and transmission of social knowledge. Tools influence both the agents and the structure. In improvekit we also consider tools as "edge objects" (entities that can link communities together as they allow different groups to collaborate in a common task)     

  • Division of labor : social strata, hierarchical structure of activity, the division of activities among actors in the systemsystem     

     

  • Rules : conventions, guidelines and rules regulating activities in the system

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Self-constructed graphical formalism which is a socio-technical systemic view that relates the following components in a solution pattern from the signals and other clues in the data:

  • context: the general context present in the story, derived from each indicator.

        Summary For Example:     Summary of the general context:
            Tasks  Tasks with duration exceeded: measure the volume of tasks that exceed the established time limit to determine bottlenecks and corrective actions.
            Task ; Task Type Activity Volume (Monthly) - Measure task size regardless of effort (quarterly).
            Activity ;  Activity Volume: Measure project performance based on estimated task size.

  • the problem (as contradictions / tensions): problems can be expressed as contradictions / tensions in the activity system. The contradictions are entered by the user (a series of possible defaults contradictions derived from the data are suggested, including internal stresses to a component of the system, stresses between two components, due to changes, with other activity systems, or predefined from parameters (such as baseline thresholds, number of actors, roles, workflow, etc.).

        AS For example:    ActivitySystem Tasks with exceeded duration @ Improvement of Processes and Tools
        AS ;  ActivitySystem Task type Activity Volume (monthly) @Improvement of Processes and Tools
        AS ;  ActivitySystem @ Activity Volume Process and Tool Improvement

  • the causes: they are defined based on the patterns detected in the data, such as statistical signals, diffuse signals, etc.

        Tasks For example: Tasks with duration exceeded: measure the volume of tasks that exceed the established time limit to determine bottlenecks and corrective actions.
    Process stability
        Stable :  Stable process Values ​​fluctuate fluctuate around an average of 34.0000 with September 13, 2019 10.0000 and maximum minimum values ​​January January 17, 2020 68.0000. it is not normal distribution. The kurtosis is of the peak type and straight symmetry.
        Patterns
            The :  The values ​​have have a "slightly low" degree of dispersion and "0..2" diversity.

  • questions, arguments: defined by the user, for example from situational questions (what, how, when, where)

  • possible solutions: defined by the user, for example from past experiences of innovation

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