{"id":661,"date":"2026-05-04T20:18:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalpills.it\/govern-kpis\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T09:14:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:14:33","slug":"govern-kpis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalpills.it\/en\/govern-kpis\/","title":{"rendered":"Govern KPIs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"mt-xl\">\n    <div class=\"max-w-350 mx-auto relative\">\n\n    <div class=\"relative grid grid-cols-12 items-start gap-8\">\n        \n\n<div class=\"col-span-12 px-md lg:px-0\">\n        <div class=\"relative\">\n\n<div class=\"\">\n    <div class=\"max-w-350 mx-auto relative\">\n\n    <h1 class=\"relative font-medium text-5xl text-left\" style=\"color: var(--color-blue-50);\">\n        Govern <span style=\"color: var(--color-blue-80);\">KPIs<\/span>    <\/h1>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"spacing-xl block-visibility-hide-medium-screen block-visibility-hide-small-screen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"spacing-lg block-visibility-hide-large-screen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"\">\n    <div class=\"max-w-350 mx-auto relative\">\n\n    <div class=\"relative grid grid-cols-12 items-start gap-8\">\n        \n\n<div class=\"col-span-12 px-md lg:col-span-5 lg:px-0\">\n        <div class=\"relative\">\n\n<div class=\"\">\n    <div class=\"max-w-350 mx-auto relative text-center\">\n\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"943\" height=\"782\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalpills.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/digital-pills-service-9.png\" class=\"block w-full h-auto\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalpills.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/digital-pills-service-9.png 943w, https:\/\/digitalpills.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/digital-pills-service-9-300x249.png 300w, https:\/\/digitalpills.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/digital-pills-service-9-768x637.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 943px) 100vw, 943px\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-span-12 col-start-1 px-md lg:col-span-6 lg:col-start-7 lg:px-0\">\n        <div class=\"relative\">\n\n<div class=\"mb-md\">\n    <div class=\"max-w-350 mx-auto relative\">\n\n    <h2 class=\"relative font-medium text-2xl text-left\" style=\"color: var(--color-blue-80);\">\n        The framework that makes business KPIs stable, shared, and consistent over time.    <\/h2>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"\">\n    <div class=\"max-w-350 mx-auto relative\">\n\n    <div class=\"relative wysiwyg font-normal text-lg text-left text-blue-80\">\n        \n\n<p>When KPIs multiply without a system governing them, the problem is not having too little data \u2014 it is that every team has too much of it, everyone interprets it in their own way, and strategic decisions are made without a common language. We build the framework that unifies performance measurement at company level: from North Star Metrics for the board to diagnostic trees for operational teams, through to the semantic model that makes those KPIs stable, shared and non-negotiable over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In mature organisations, the problem is not having too few KPIs \u2014 it is that every team has too many, calculates them in its own way and nobody formally owns them. Strategic decisions are made without a common language, and the data that should align the organisation instead becomes a source of conflict. We build the framework that resolves this problem at the root: from North Star Metrics for the board to diagnostic trees for operational teams, through to the semantic model that makes those KPIs stable, shared and non-negotiable over time.<\/p>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mt-lg\">\n\n    <div class=\"flex flex-col sm:flex-row gap-4 justify-start\">\n        <a\n            class=\"btn btn-blue\"\n            href=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/calendar\/u\/0\/appointments\/schedules\/AcZssZ2AzyS3zlZ-iV-HzZ08Bb7hiNCnOtxVSfx5ZxzhE_0BurUox_YjJaVmxThpVZA1WuiV2w7MDKXU\"\n            target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"        >\n            <span class=\"btn-label\">Let&#039;s Talk<\/span>\n            <span class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/span>\n        <\/a>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-span-12\">\n        <div class=\"relative\">\n\n<div class=\"spacing-xl block-visibility-hide-medium-screen block-visibility-hide-small-screen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"spacing-sm block-visibility-hide-large-screen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"\" style=\"background-color:#EEE4E0;\">\n    <div class=\"max-w-350 mx-auto relative\">\n\n    <div class=\"relative grid grid-cols-12 items-start gap-8\">\n        \n\n<div class=\"col-span-12\">\n        <div class=\"relative\">\n\n<div class=\"spacing-xl block-visibility-hide-medium-screen block-visibility-hide-small-screen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"spacing-sm block-visibility-hide-large-screen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-span-1 block-visibility-hide-medium-screen block-visibility-hide-small-screen\">\n        <div class=\"relative\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-span-12 px-sm md:px-md lg:col-span-4 lg:px-0   lg:sticky lg:self-start\" style=\"top:120px;\">\n        <div class=\"relative\">\n\n<div class=\"mb-xs\">\n    <div class=\"max-w-350 mx-auto relative\">\n\n    <span class=\"relative block font-normal text-sm text-left\" style=\"color: var(--color-blue-80);\">\n        WHAT WE OFFER    <\/span>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"proposition-title\">\n    <div class=\"max-w-350 mx-auto relative\">\n\n    <h2 class=\"relative font-medium text-4xl text-left\" style=\"color: var(--color-blue-80);\">\n        What we build <span style=\"color: var(--color-blue-50);\">together<\/span>    <\/h2>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"spacing-xl block-visibility-hide-medium-screen block-visibility-hide-small-screen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"spacing-sm block-visibility-hide-large-screen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-span-12 px-sm md:px-md lg:col-span-6 lg:px-0\">\n        <div class=\"relative\">\n\n<div class=\"\">\n    <div class=\"max-w-350 mx-auto relative\">\n\n    <div class=\"toggle-list relative\" data-multiple=\"false\">\n                    <div class=\"toggle-item\">\n                <button class=\"toggle-header\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <h3 class=\"toggle-title\">KPI Discovery and rationalisation<\/h3>\n                    <span class=\"toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n                <\/button>\n                <div class=\"toggle-body\" hidden>\n                    <div class=\"toggle-content\">\n                        <p>We start from what exists \u2014 reports, dashboards, tools, metrics in use \u2014 and build a real map of the current state. The objective is not to add KPIs but to reduce them to the ones that truly matter, eliminating redundancies and resolving interpretive conflicts between teams.<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"toggle-item\">\n                <button class=\"toggle-header\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <h3 class=\"toggle-title\">North Star Metrics and KPI Framework<\/h3>\n                    <span class=\"toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n                <\/button>\n                <div class=\"toggle-body\" hidden>\n                    <div class=\"toggle-content\">\n                        <p>We define the first-level metrics to bring to the board \u2014 balanced between lagging and leading indicators \u2014 and build the hierarchical structure that connects them to the levels below: company level, team level, squad level. Every metric has a unique definition, a formula, an owner and an executor.<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"toggle-item\">\n                <button class=\"toggle-header\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <h3 class=\"toggle-title\">Diagnostic trees<\/h3>\n                    <span class=\"toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n                <\/button>\n                <div class=\"toggle-body\" hidden>\n                    <div class=\"toggle-content\">\n                        <p>When a North Star Metric does not move in the right direction, the team needs to know where to look. We build the diagnostic trees that decompose each metric by mathematical and causal factors, making it immediate to identify drivers and responsibilities.<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"toggle-item\">\n                <button class=\"toggle-header\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <h3 class=\"toggle-title\">Semantic Model and KPI Dictionary<\/h3>\n                    <span class=\"toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n                <\/button>\n                <div class=\"toggle-body\" hidden>\n                    <div class=\"toggle-content\">\n                        <p>The framework produced becomes the foundation of the semantic layer: a fixed, shared KPI dictionary managed through structured tools. From that point on, data speaks the same language across the entire organisation \u2014 regardless of who is looking at it and with which tool.<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"toggle-item\">\n                <button class=\"toggle-header\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <h3 class=\"toggle-title\">Dashboard Governance<\/h3>\n                    <span class=\"toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n                <\/button>\n                <div class=\"toggle-body\" hidden>\n                    <div class=\"toggle-content\">\n                        <p>We design the hierarchy of information assets: which dashboards to maintain, which to deprecate, which to modify. The objective is that every level of the organisation has access to the right information, in the right form, without overlaps or conflicts.<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-span-12\">\n        <div class=\"relative\">\n\n<div class=\"spacing-xl block-visibility-hide-medium-screen block-visibility-hide-small-screen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"spacing-sm block-visibility-hide-large-screen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"\">\n    <div class=\"max-w-350 mx-auto relative\">\n\n    <div class=\"relative grid grid-cols-12 items-start gap-8\">\n        \n\n<div class=\"col-span-12\">\n        <div class=\"relative\">\n\n<div class=\"spacing-xl block-visibility-hide-medium-screen block-visibility-hide-small-screen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"spacing-sm block-visibility-hide-large-screen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-span-1 block-visibility-hide-medium-screen block-visibility-hide-small-screen\">\n        <div class=\"relative\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-span-12 px-md lg:col-span-4 lg:px-0   lg:sticky lg:self-start\" style=\"top:120px;\">\n        <div class=\"relative\">\n\n<div class=\"mb-xs\">\n    <div class=\"max-w-350 mx-auto relative\">\n\n    <span class=\"relative block font-normal text-sm text-left\" style=\"color: var(--color-blue-80);\">\n        OUR PROCESS    <\/span>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"proposition-title\">\n    <div class=\"max-w-350 mx-auto relative\">\n\n    <h2 class=\"relative font-medium text-4xl text-left\" style=\"color: var(--color-blue-80);\">\n        How we <span style=\"color: var(--color-blue-50);\">do it<\/span>    <\/h2>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"spacing-xl block-visibility-hide-medium-screen block-visibility-hide-small-screen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"spacing-sm block-visibility-hide-large-screen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-span-12 px-md lg:col-span-6 lg:px-0\">\n        <div class=\"relative\">\n\n<div class=\"mb-sm\">\n    <div class=\"max-w-350 mx-auto relative\">\n\n    <h3 class=\"relative font-normal text-xl text-left\" style=\"color: var(--color-blue-80);\">\n        1. Discovery    <\/h3>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"\">\n    <div class=\"max-w-350 mx-auto relative\">\n\n    <div class=\"relative wysiwyg font-normal text-base text-left text-blue-80\">\n        \n\n<p>We collect the KPIs in use, analyse existing reports and strategic documents, and run sessions with all relevant teams. The starting point is not a hypothesis \u2014 it is a precise picture of how the organisation measures performance today.<\/p>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"spacing-md\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mb-sm\">\n    <div class=\"max-w-350 mx-auto relative\">\n\n    <h3 class=\"relative font-normal text-xl text-left\" style=\"color: var(--color-blue-80);\">\n        2. Rationalisation and framework design    <\/h3>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"\">\n    <div class=\"max-w-350 mx-auto relative\">\n\n    <div class=\"relative wysiwyg font-normal text-base text-left text-blue-80\">\n        \n\n<p>We define the North Star Metrics, build the hierarchical KPI structure and resolve interpretive conflicts between teams. Every metric is documented with definition, formula, dimensions of analysis and ownership.<\/p>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"spacing-md\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mb-sm\">\n    <div class=\"max-w-350 mx-auto relative\">\n\n    <h3 class=\"relative font-normal text-xl text-left\" style=\"color: var(--color-blue-80);\">\n        3. Diagnostic tree building    <\/h3>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"\">\n    <div class=\"max-w-350 mx-auto relative\">\n\n    <div class=\"relative wysiwyg font-normal text-base text-left text-blue-80\">\n        \n\n<p>We develop diagnostic trees for the main metrics, integrating both mathematical decomposition and causal logic. This is the level that transforms a KPI from a number into a governance tool.<\/p>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"spacing-md\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mb-sm\">\n    <div class=\"max-w-350 mx-auto relative\">\n\n    <h3 class=\"relative font-normal text-xl text-left\" style=\"color: var(--color-blue-80);\">\n        4. Semantic model and dashboard governance    <\/h3>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"\">\n    <div class=\"max-w-350 mx-auto relative\">\n\n    <div class=\"relative wysiwyg font-normal text-base text-left text-blue-80\">\n        \n\n<p>We build the semantic layer on the basis of the validated framework and define the hierarchy of information assets. Existing dashboards are mapped against the new system and subjected to feasibility analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"spacing-md\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mb-sm\">\n    <div class=\"max-w-350 mx-auto relative\">\n\n    <h3 class=\"relative font-normal text-xl text-left\" style=\"color: var(--color-blue-80);\">\n        5. 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When KPIs are the subject of internal interpretive conflicts, you need someone who has no stake in the game. It is the reason why even the most digitally advanced organisations choose an external partner for this phase.<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"toggle-item\">\n                <button class=\"toggle-header\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <h3 class=\"toggle-title\">Where do you start if we already have hundreds of KPIs in use?<\/h3>\n                    <span class=\"toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n                <\/button>\n                <div class=\"toggle-body\" hidden>\n                    <div class=\"toggle-content\">\n                        <p>Exactly there. Discovery starts from what exists, not from a blank slate. Accumulated complexity is the working material, not an obstacle.<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"toggle-item\">\n                <button class=\"toggle-header\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <h3 class=\"toggle-title\">Does the framework risk becoming obsolete over time?<\/h3>\n                    <span class=\"toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n                <\/button>\n                <div class=\"toggle-body\" hidden>\n                    <div class=\"toggle-content\">\n                        <p>Not if it is built correctly. The semantic model is designed to be stable \u2014 KPIs that enter the dictionary are fixed and managed through structured tools. We provide the criteria for updating it when the business evolves, but the load-bearing structure does not change with every planning cycle.<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"toggle-item\">\n                <button class=\"toggle-header\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <h3 class=\"toggle-title\">How long does an engagement of this type last?<\/h3>\n                    <span class=\"toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n                <\/button>\n                <div class=\"toggle-body\" hidden>\n                    <div class=\"toggle-content\">\n                        <p>It depends on the size of the organisation and the number of teams involved. 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Typically with a board or C-level that requests aggregate metrics and operational teams that struggle to provide them consistently. It works for those who want to build a common language around data \u2014 not just new dashboards.<\/span><\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"toggle-item\">\n                <button class=\"toggle-header\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <h3 class=\"toggle-title\">When is Govern KPIs not the right choice?<\/h3>\n                    <span class=\"toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n                <\/button>\n                <div class=\"toggle-body\" hidden>\n                    <div class=\"toggle-content\">\n                        <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the organisation is small or has a single data team that already manages everything in a coordinated way. 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