**KPI gaming makes them pointless and a value detractor.** Gaming KPIs is when employees of a company do what is within their power to make “keep the numbers green”, even if it is not in the best interest of the company. It is a form of [[Rule Beating]]. # Possible Examples - Cancelling shipments rather than letting them ship late - Not reporting incidents that would cause some sort of safety or quality metric to go south - Spending your [[budget]] on frivolous things near the end of the FY so you don't under-run your forecast - Incentivizing for a high capacity of low quality output KPI gaming can be prevented by using best practices for [[Good Metrics]]. **** ## Source - self ## Related - [[KPIs]] - [[Day 1]]