Inputs vs outputs

What are the key inputs to business? What is the difference between outputs? What we consume on a daily basis—our inputs—holds a disproportionate amount of influence over what we think, how we feel, and how we behave.

Numerical counts of a program’s actions or products that were created or delivere the number of people serve and the activities or services provided. Turns out a good party is a pretty complex system. There are many elements that you can control and some that you can’t.

A good party is an outcome. It is the compound result of our hard work, many small decisions, the weather, some luck an maybe, just a bit of magic. Outcomes are where it’s at. They are existential — the reason behind everything we do.

If you are in the business of organizing parties, if you fail at organizing parties, you are out of business. See full list on medium. But outcomes are complex things, that take time and many variables to achieve.

We need some sort of system that help us prioritize what we are doing on a daily basis.

To separate what absolutely needs to be done (we need guests!) from the nice to haves (balloons!). Guests that actually show up? Awesome foo presented wonderfully? Bubbly at the right time?

These would be outputs. Outputs correlatestrongly with our outcome. And while they don’t necessarily guarantee the outcome, failing to achieve the outputs strongly reduces the chances that the outcome will be achieved. Can you have an awesome party if your guests don’t show up?

Maybe, but that’s not the sort of party we are in the business of organizing. If we are data-driven party organizers,. But how do we obtain these outputs? You can be a very popular person.

Or you can lure the guests with a game. All of these are possible inputs. The bottom line is that sales input activities are behaviors , while outputs are. And behaviors can be learned and modified.

So if input and output metrics are all about measuring specific activities and , then drivers are what directly influence those measurements.

Financial metrics, which are the inputs for investors, are actually outputs for entrepreneurs. Often this creates tension. A classic example is if some investors are focused on bottom-line improvements while a CEO is looking ahead to grow the business in the long-run. And while inputs are controllable , they alone don’t always lead to.

Inputs need something to work toward. Higher education is one example of how outputs and inputs can work well together. The team leader recommended that they focus on doing the right things. An input device can send data to another device, but it cannot receive data from another device.

Examples of input devices include the following. Keyboard and Mouse - Accepts input from a user and sends that data (input) to the computer. They cannot accept or reproduce information (output) from the computer.

Webcam - Receives images generated by whatever it is pointed at (input) and sends th. An output device can receive data from another device and generate output with that data, but it cannot send data to another device. Monitor - Receives data from a computer (output) and displays that information as text and images for users to view. It cannot accept data from a user and send that data to another device. Projector - Receives data from a computer (output) and displays, or projects, that information as text and images onto.

CD-RW drive and DVD-RW drive - Receives data from a computer (input), to copy onto a writable CD or DVD. USB flash drive - Receives, or saves, data from a computer (input). Computers can only interact with the world using input and output devices.

Author: COBY S clearly indicates that its outputs are far more impressive and lucrative. Possessing this credential is an easy way to. In some situations, neither the input method nor the output method is appropriate.

A function is a rule that relates each input value to one and only one output value. Mathematicians often compare the idea of a function to a coin stamping machine. The coin is your input , and when you insert it into the machine, the output is a flattened piece of metal with something stamped on it.

But outputs do not fully represent or tell the complete IT story. It’s the outcomes that businesses want and need. Both outputs and outcomes are direct from a project.

The two are similar enough that they are often lumped together, but there are some key differences between outputs and outcomes.