The immediate cause of the United Statesâ entry into World War I in April 1917 was the German announcement of unrestricted submarine warfare and the subsequent sinking of ships with U.S. citizens on board. But President Woodrow Wilsonâs war aims went beyond the defense of U.S. maritime interests.
Key metrics in the evaluation of management are financial performance numbers. These include sales, profits and costs. For the business owner or manager, a good metric to keep an eye on is year-over-year sales. This shows how your sales performance this year compares to the performance last year.
1 Identify metrics used to measure success over baseline (doing nothing) 2  Identify type of problem: prototyping, proof of concept, root cause analysis, predictive analytics, prescriptive analytics, machine-to-machine implementation.  Identify key people within your organization and outside.