Buzzwords that make boardrooms spin and PowerPoints sing.
Key Performance Indicator: a number that determines your worth as a human being every quarter. The corporate equivalent of a video game score, except nobody is having fun and the prizes are just more KPIs.
A metric supposedly measuring what matters, inevitably gaming behavior as people optimize for the KPI rather than actual success. Commonly abbreviated to KPI by people who measure many things and understand few.
A quantifiable metric used to evaluate success in meeting objectives. The numbers your boss obsesses over and that determine whether you get a bonus or a performance improvement plan.