KPIs
Business success measures
KPIs stands for key performance indicators—quantifiable metrics used to evaluate success toward goals.
Organizations track KPIs to measure everything from sales growth to customer satisfaction to employee retention.
Our KPIs show we're behind on quarterly targets.
The term belongs to business and management jargon, often appearing in reports and strategy meetings.
Standards for assessment
- targetsIntended aims or marks
- performanceCarrying out a task
- dashboardVehicle control panel
- goalsIntended end results
objectives · benchmarks · tracking · quarterly · revenue · growth · profitability · ROI
Signs that reveal status
- quantifiableAble to be measured
- measurableAble to be gauged
- data-drivenInformed by collected information
- analyticsSystematic examination of datasets
reporting · monitoring · baseline · variance · threshold · trending · year-over-year · comparison
Formal evaluation of worth
- reviewCritical written assessment
- appraisalEstimation of worth
- ratingAssigned evaluative score
- rankingOrdered position assignment
grading · audit · inspection · feedback · improvement · corrective · achievement · underperformance
Hired organizational member
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- productivityOutput relative to input
- turnoverSales volume or attrition
- absenteeismHabitual failure to attend
satisfaction · headcount · utilization · efficiency · teamwork · leadership · training · development
metrics
Standards for assessment
- targetsIntended aims or marks
- performanceCarrying out a task
- dashboardVehicle control panel
goals · objectives · benchmarks · tracking · quarterly · revenue · growth · profitability · ROI · conversion
indicators
Signs that reveal status
- quantifiableAble to be measured
- measurableAble to be gauged
- data-drivenInformed by collected information
analytics · reporting · monitoring · baseline · variance · threshold · trending · year-over-year · comparison · ratio
assessment
Formal evaluation of worth
ranking · grading · audit · inspection · feedback · improvement · corrective · achievement · underperformance · exceeding
employee
Hired organizational member
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- productivityOutput relative to input
- turnoverSales volume or attrition
absenteeism · satisfaction · headcount · utilization · efficiency · teamwork · leadership · training · development · succession
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
- maintenancepreventive maintenance, maintenance schedule, scheduled maintenance, handyman, repair
- operationsoperation, operations, military operation, joint operation, workflow
- productivityproductivity, checking off, prioritization, finishing, output
- social mediaposts, post, influencer status, followers, tweet
- strategystrategy, grand strategy, tactics, tactic, tactical
KPIsgut feeling
Instinctive sense about something
intuition · hunches · anecdotal evidence · vibes · narratives