The document discusses environmental conditions indicators (ECIs). ECIs are simple measures that track what is happening in the environment over time. They provide a more practical way to monitor the complex environment than recording every possible variable. ECIs help provide insight into the state of the environment and human health. They can be developed at various geographic scales from local to national levels. Common definitions describe ECIs as numerical values that represent environmental parameters, pressures, forces, and responses.
5. • In computing:
– Desktop environment, in computing, the graphical user interface to the
computer
– Environment variables, the dynamic set of variables defined in a process
– Integrated development environment, a type of computer software that
assists computer programmers in developing software
– Runtime environment, a virtual machine state which provides software
services for processes or programs while a computer is running
• Environmental may refer to:
– Environmental art
– Environmental determinism
– Environmental epidemiology
– Environmental health
– Environmental movement
– Environmental policy
– Environmental psychology
– Environmental quality
– Environmental science, the study of the interactions among the physical,
chemical and biological components of the environment
34. Categorization of Indicators
Key performance indicators define a set of values used to measure against. These raw sets
of values, which are fed to systems in charge of summarizing the information, are
called indicators. Indicators identifiable and marked as possible candidates for KPIs can be
summarized into the following sub-categories:
• Quantitative indicators that can be presented with a number.
• Qualitative indicators that can't be presented as a number.
• Leading indicators that can predict the outcome of a process
• Lagging indicators that present the success or failure post hoc
• Input indicators that measure the amount of resources consumed during the generation of
the outcome
• Process indicators that represent the efficiency or the productivity of the process
• Output indicators that reflect the outcome or results of the process activities
• Practical indicators that interface with existing company processes.
• Directional indicators specifying whether or not an organization is getting better.
• Actionable indicators are sufficiently in an organization's control to affect change.
• Financial indicators used in performance measurement and when looking at an operating
index.
• Key performance indicators, in practical terms and for strategic development,
are objectives to be targeted that will add the most value to the business.[3] These are also
referred to as 'key success indicators'.
35. Identifying Indicators of Organization
Performance indicators differ from business drivers and aims
(or goals). A school might consider the failure rate of its students
as a key performance indicator which might help the school
understand its position in the educational community, whereas a
business might consider the percentage of income from
returning customers as a potential KPI.
• The key stages in identifying KPIs are:
• Having a pre-defined business process (BP).
• Having requirements for the BPs.
• Having a quantitative/qualitative measurement of the results
and comparison with set goals.
• Investigating variances and tweaking processes or resources
to achieve short-term goals.