With the results of Period 6 in, the average improvement is almost 12%, and the range is big, with a standard deviation of nearly 10%. This has given rise to great changes in the ranking. 'BraiNY InnOVAtors' from Arup have shown the biggest rise in ranking with 'je t'amey' from Amey next with both rising over 50 places. This shows that such gains are possible. 'je t'amey' is up there starting to threaten the leading six. Some eighteen teams have risen over thirty places. Inevitably some have gone the other way!
Five of the top six from the last round are still there. 'Spartans' from Atkins India rise to first, 'Nott MacDonalds' from Mott MacDonald rise to second, 'SUPERnOVA' from Arup stay at third, 'One Atkins' from Atkins China stay fourth while 'Singularity' from Atkins India drop from first to fifth. 'NEXGEN' from Atkins India are now sixth replacing 'Lord of the @tkins' who has slipped to seventh.
There are a great number of interdependent decisions to be made each round making good decisions for all or most of them are what improves performance. Virtually all decisions require balance there is always a down side for example raising spend on marketing will improve the number of bidding opportunities but increases overheads. Cutting back on head office overheads saves some spend but reduces efficiency which will reflect in performance, for example not enough measurement staff will reduce the recovery from contracts. Balanced decision making takes judgement. Judgement requires data and information from team member and teamwork to make the right compromises. Also watch the turnover to capital ratio if your capital isn't working hard enough you may find better things to do with it.
The ranking isn't stable there will be more turbulence and getting the decisions balanced will improve ranking, this is possible the rising teams demonstrate that.