How Buying a Car Is Like Schedule of Values Billing

mazda and sovRecently my son traded in his truck for a brand new Mazda. Talk about making the buying decision stress-free: This dealership stepped up to the plate on the trade-in value based on the “Kelly Bluebook”, was equally competitive with other dealerships on the purchase price and offered 0% financing for 36 months paid bi-monthly. The paperwork (without any “funny/shady” stuff normally associated with hucksters) was done in less time than it took to do the test drive.

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Useful Information

funnel of dataI decided to give into temptation and pick up on Dennis’ thread Beyond the Data.  See, it appeals to the geek in me: I love data and playing with it, even though I know I am not in the same league as Stephen Wolfram.

But, I also like to think of myself as having a pragmatic side.  All that data is only of value if it helps us produce better results. Or make good decisions faster.

So I spent a few minutes and thought of a concrete example of how the data behind a project management system can help people act smarter in construction project management.

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