Measuring What Matters Workshop Report
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Publisher
Software Engineering Institute
CMU/SEI Report Number
CMU/SEI-2015-TN-002DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
10.1184/R1/6575462.v1Abstract
This report describes the inaugural Measuring What Matters Workshop conducted in November 2014, and the team’s experiences in planning and executing the workshop and identifying improvements for future offerings. The Measuring What Matters Workshop introduces the Goal-Question-Indicator-Metric (GQIM) approach that enables users to derive meaningful metrics for managing cybersecurity risks from strategic and business objectives. This approach helps ensure that organizational leaders have better information to make decisions, take action, and change behaviors.
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Cite This SEI Report
Stewart, K., Allen, J., Valdez, M., & Young, L. (2015, February 9). Measuring What Matters Workshop Report. (SEI Report CMU/SEI-2015-TN-002). Retrieved September 11, 2026, from https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6575462.v1.
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author={Stewart, Katie and Allen, Julia and Valdez, Michelle and Young, Lisa},
title={Measuring What Matters Workshop Report},
month={Feb},
year={2015},
number={{CMU/SEI-2015-TN-002},
institution={Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University},
doi={10.1184/R1/6575462.v1},
url={https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6575462.v1},
note={Accessed: 2026-Sep-11}
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Stewart, Katie, Julia Allen, Michelle Valdez, and Lisa Young. "Measuring What Matters Workshop Report." (CMU/SEI-2015-TN-002). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, February 9, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6575462.v1.
K. Stewart, J. Allen, M. Valdez, and L. Young, "Measuring What Matters Workshop Report," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, SEI Report CMU/SEI-2015-TN-002, 9-Feb-2015 [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6575462.v1. [Accessed: 11-Sep-2026].
Stewart, Katie, Julia Allen, Michelle Valdez, and Lisa Young. "Measuring What Matters Workshop Report." (SEI Report CMU/SEI-2015-TN-002). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, 9 Feb. 2015. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6575462.v1. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.
Stewart, Katie; Allen, Julia; Valdez, Michelle; & Young, Lisa. Measuring What Matters Workshop Report. CMU/SEI-2015-TN-002. Software Engineering Institute. 2015. DOI: 10.1184/R1/6575462.v1. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6575462.v1