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Measuring the value that data, and data handling, deliver to oil companies is crucial. Obviously no investment in new projects or services will be made until the senior managers are convinced that it will improve the overall business results, but, delivering iron-clad proof of the business benefit is not a simple matter. This chapter explores three examples of different approaches that have been applied in the past to prove the connection from data handling to business value in different companies.
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Since the book was written we have identified a number of new items that help illuminate the material in Chapter 2:
 New Item 2.17 | Data management should be considered a core competency for all oil companies |
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New Item 2.16 | Should oil companies be expanding or cost saving? |
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New Item 2.15 | Noah Consulting's 'Industry Insight: IM Benchmarking' event April 2013 | http://www.noah-consulting.com/papers/industry-insight-im-benchmarking |
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New Item 2.14 | A paper from the Molten group about the value of good sub-surface data management | http://www.molten-group.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Molten-Data-Management-White-Paper.pdf |
 New Item 2.13 | A comparison of how different industries manage their data, from Oracle | http://www.oracle.com/us/industries/industry-scorecard-1683398.html |
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New Item 2.12 | Detailed models often deliver the most accurate results |
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New Item 2.11 | Sometimes a strategic model delivers better results than a detailed one |
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New Item 2.10 | Why using decision trees has limited strategic application |
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New Item 2.9 | Using a time budget approach to showing value is of limited utility |
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New Item 2.8 | Five different models that have the potential to demonstrate data's value |
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New Item 2.7 | Changing scale means doing things differently |
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New Item 2.5 | How do you work out the value of a single process? |
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New Item 2.4 | The benefits of being just a little bit better than the next guy |
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New Item 2.3 | Short introduction to data, information and knowledge |
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New Item 2.2 | The lessons that a TV Gameshow teaches about risk |
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New Item 2.1 | Should you be telling other oil companies about your data handling successes? |
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In the book Chapter 2 contains references to the following related material:
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Book Ref 2 | Haines, P. & Wiseman, M. (2011) "Quantitative Value of Data & Data Management" presented at PNEC 15 | http://www.noah-consulting.com/Papers/quantitative-value-of-data-and-data-management |
 Book Ref 6 | Porter, M. (1985) "Competitive Advantage" | http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743260872 |
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Book Ref 8a | Shearer, D. & Garcia, D. (2006) "Burlington: Improving technology investment planning with metering" Presented at PNEC conference Houston | /data/30-PPT-Burlington.pdf |
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Book Ref 8b | Shearer, D. & Garcia, D. (2006) "Burlington: Improving technology investment planning with metering" paper explaining the slides | /data/30-Paper-Burlington.pdf |
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