Apparatus and method for determining a validity index for key performance indicators

1. A computer readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions to:

define and calculate a plurality of performance indicators, wherein each of the performance indicators is a measure of performance;

monitor the plurality of performance indicators by calculating a variance between an actual value and a target value for each performance indicator of the plurality of performance indicators;

designate a selected performance indicator from the plurality of performance indicators for further analysis;

identify a set of performance indicators from the plurality of performance indicators that influence the selected performance indicator, wherein the set of performance indicators comprises a first subset of performance indicators that are determined to be in conflict with the selected performance indicator and a second subset of performance indicators that are determined to be in harmony with the selected performance indicator, wherein the performance indicators determined to be in harmony with the selected performance indicator comprise performance indicators determined to have conflicting relationships with each other; and

determine a validity index for the selected performance indicator based on the set of performance indicators, wherein the validity index indicates influence upon the selected performance indicator.

2. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of performance indicators comprises key performance indicators.

3. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the set of performance indicators and the selected performance indicator form a set of common performance indicators that are influenced by common organization resources and that drive one or more performance goals for a business organization.

4. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , further comprising executable instructions for calculating a weighted average of the variances of the performance indicators determined to be in conflict with the selected performance indicator and the variances of the performance indicators determined to be in harmony with the selected performance indicator but determined to have conflicting relationships with each other.

5. The computer readable storage medium of claim 4 , further comprising executable instructions for calculating the validity index based on the weighted average of the variances.

6. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , further comprising executable instructions to determine conflicting relationships between the performance indicators within the set of performance indicators.

7. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , further comprising executable instructions to suggest the set of performance indicators for the determination of the validity index.

8. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , further comprising executable instructions to provide alerts for the validity index based on an assigned threshold level.

9. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the first subset of performance indicators and the second subset of performance indicators are determined by analyzing previous performance for the plurality of performance indicators.