Posted by Ray Malendewicz on Thu, Jul 15, 2010 @ 03:20 AM
So the World Cup is over and I suppose that we will have to get back to doing some real work instead of being the ultimate fan by looking at the World Cup Qlikview application.
I learnt quite a lot from this Business Intelligence application about the World Cup. For example I did not know that the Dutch East Indies appeared in the tournament. They did so in 1938. Actually more surprising is that it was still a Dutch colony then and did not gain independence, as Indonesia, until after the Second World War in 1949. Other useless information includes the fact that the majority of goals were scored with right foot shots and that the majority of teams, excluding England, had more midfield players booked than defenders. I guess the conclusion form this is that most players are right footed and that defence begins in midfield.
I am confident that, given some time, I can develop some completely useless Key Performance indicators that someone at the Football Association could latch on to and use as measures of real importance to the future of English football.
I am really looking forward to QlikView offering the next application. Hopefully we will not have to wait until the European Nations cup in two years before we are able to waste a few precious hours in finding some useless, but interesting, facts.
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Posted by Ray Malendewicz on Tue, Jun 29, 2010 @ 06:54 AM
So, after wiping away my tears after the terrible performance by England in the World Cup, perhaps now is the time to consider the Key Performance Indicators for the next England manager. This, of course, assumes that Fabio Capello does the right thing and resigns.
I think that it is important to consider the Key Performance Indicators that should be set for the new manager. Using the criteria that they should be quantifiable measurements, agreed to beforehand, that reflect the critical success factors of an organization and its objectives it is time that the Football Association come up with some useful KPIs. From this they can then carry out some reasonable business analysis to measure the success or, more likely, the failure of the new manager.
The most obvious Key Performance Indicator should be results. 
This is too simple unless it includes measure such as the quality of the opposition. Thus a win against San Moreno is of less value than one against Spain.
More difficult, but just as important, will be the quality of the team. This could include measures such as time of possession, passes completed and shots on goal. It will mean that targets for improvements could be made for each measure.
Another Key Performance Indicator might be team selection and motivation. This will be much more difficult to measure but could include player ratings. It would mean that should a player receive a rating of say six or less out of ten then he would be considered either out of position or not fully motivated.
Analysing and reporting against these Key Performance indicators might help us get a better England manager or, at least, get rid of him before things get really bad.
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