What Gets Measured Gets Managed

Often attributed to Peter Drucker or W. Edwards Deming, this adage states that the metrics an organization tracks will inevitably become the focus of its efforts. While it encourages data-driven decision-making, it also serves as a warning regarding the unintended consequences of poor metric selection.

management metrics incentives productivity efficiency

Antithesis: mcnamara-fallacy See Also: goodharts-law, campbells-law version-01