March 3, 2006
Dashboards: Flying the Law Firm by Instruments
Forget reports. Today’s pace is too fast for yesterday’s news. Business Week Online let out the secret being used by major corporate CEOs to guide their business. The February 13th article reported that major corporate leaders are relying on “Dashboard” technology. The Business Week article said “dashboards pull up everything the CEO needs to run the show.” Corporate executives have learned to focus on key performance indicators that measure the direction of movement and speed of movement for their organization. Dashboards quickly point out areas that need the executive’s attention.
Dashboards provide situational awareness and couple that with drill-down capability for actionable information. The technology has given these executives the tools to change the outcome rather than just analyze, after the fact, what has happened.
Dashboards are starting to show up in Law Office Business Software suites like the Juris® system. They fit the “part-time management” style of law firms perfectly. Law firm managing partners split their attention between lawyering and managing. They don’t have time to dig through last month’s reports. They need information current as to the moment in a form that is instantly digestible. That information needs to be actionable—it should imply the corrective action needed and clearly point to the cause of the deviation from target or norms.
Successful executives understand and focus on the key performance indicators that drive their business. Dashboards are the new instruments for keeping the law firm on track. Dashboard views can be customized to provide an individualized field-of-view over the legal professional’s area of responsibility.
To ditch out-of-date reports and start flying by instruments contact your business software vendor for an update on dashboard plans or availability. Juris law firms can call 877/377-3740 or e-mail sales@juris.com for more information about MyJuris, the dashboard portion of the Juris software suite.
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Filed under Management by Tom Collins