History

The KPI Institute was established in 2004, in Melbourne, Australia. At that time called eab group, it was designed as a provider of organizational performance management services in Australia, supporting clients mainly through training and advisory services. From the beginning, eab group’ solutions were based on world’s best practice methodologies and frameworks such as Balanced Scorecard, Performance Prism, European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) Excellence Model, Projects In Controlled Environments version 2 (PRINCE2TM) project management method and The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®).

history-team

2004

The organization is established in Australia, its first engagement being the implementation of a Balanced Scorecard in the Australian Public Service.

2005

Coordinated the development and integration of a Balanced Scorecard system in the Corporate Infrastructure Services Division at the Australia Post.

2006

Coordinated the implementation of a Balanced Scorecard system, as part of the Value Based Management implementation at the National Australia Bank.

2007

Implemented strategic and operational performance initiatives (a supplier scorecard, a Balanced Scorecard performance management system, portfolio dashboards for PMO) for the Department of Treasury and Finance in Victorian State Government.

2008

Launched the first open training courses series on strategy, performance and Balanced Scorecard related topics, organized internationally.

2009

Launched www.smartKPIs.com, that grew to become the most comprehensive repository of documented Key Performance Indicators available online.

2010

Initiation of a series of research programs, dedicated to strategy, performance and balanced scorecard.

2011

Release of the first in a series of over 100 research publication dedicated to the thorough analysis of KPIs, in accordance with The KPI Institute’s documentation standards.

2012

The official release of the Top 25 KPIs Report series for 2011-2012. The series is based on research conducted through www.smartKPIs.com, which contains over 20,000 Key Performance Indicator examples, making it the world’s largest source of thoroughly documented KPIs.

2013

Launch of the Certified KPI Professional and Certified KPI Practitioner, programs, dedicated to acknowledging expertise in managing with KPIs.

2014

The launch of PERFORMANCE Magazine, an online source of strategy, performance, KPIs and Balanced Scorecard news, interviews and editorial articles.

2015

Inaugurated SE Asia regional office in Kuala Lumpur, organized the first Performance Improvement and KPIs Forum, in Kuala Lumpur and published KPI dictionaries series; Launched a new version of the smartKPIs platform and announced the first Online Certification Course.