{"id":591,"date":"2025-08-01T12:00:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T19:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carnegie25live.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=591"},"modified":"2026-01-13T15:24:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T23:24:15","slug":"pmi-4-find-the-measure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/practical-measurement-for-improvement\/pmi-4-find-the-measure\/","title":{"rendered":"PMI – 4. Find the Measure"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Practical Measurement for Improvement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

4. Find the Measure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Figure out how to measure what you work to improve<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Once you\u2019ve identified what you need to measure, you need to look for that measure\u2014either in your system or in the \u201cwild\u201d.
See what you already have going on: what data\/measures do you collect right now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n