**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]].
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## Source
- self
## Related
- [[KPIs]]
- [[Day 1]]