For CIOs

For the CIO being sold a transformation

Every enterprise technology cycle arrives with a number attached to it, and the number is almost always someone's marketing.

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Productivity claims are the most reliably distorted figures in enterprise technology. A controlled study of a narrow task becomes an organization-wide multiplier. A pilot with volunteers becomes a projection for people who did not volunteer. The finding is often real. The extrapolation is not.

Each edition traces one such claim back to the conditions it was measured under, then scores how far its current use has drifted from those conditions.

That does not tell you whether to buy. It tells you what the number can and cannot support, which is what you actually need before the conversation with finance.

How every claim is scored

Source quality0 to 20
Peer reviewed, preprint, self-published report, vendor material, or press release.
Sample and method0 to 20
Sample size, how subjects were selected, and whether the underlying data is available.
Independence0 to 20
Does the publisher sell the solution its own finding recommends.
Replication0 to 20
Has anyone independently reproduced it with a comparable method.
Drift0 to 20
How far the popular use of the claim sits from what the source actually says.

Full method at /method/. Every scored claim stays on the record.

Questions

Does this recommend products?

No. It scores claims, not vendors, and it does not run sponsored verdicts.

What if a claim turns out to be understated?

It is scored Underrated and published as such. The scale runs both ways.

How do I use this with my leadership team?

Forward the edition. The verdict and score give a shared reference point, and the component breakdown gives the team something specific to disagree with.

Get every verdict

Two editions a week. One scored claim each.

Tuesday and Thursday at 1:00 PM Central. Every call is dated and graded in public, including the ones we get wrong.

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