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What is a Value Driver Tree (VDT)?
How Value Hound Uses the Value Driver Tree
How They Work Together in WiredUp
Overview
Value Driver Trees (VDTs) and Value Hound are the foundation of analysis in WiredUp. A Value Driver Tree defines how value or performance is created, while Value Hound uses that structure to analyse results and driver impact. Together, they help you understand what drives outcomes, why performance changes, and where to focus improvement efforts—particularly in asset-intensive and operational environments.
What is a Value Driver Tree (VDT)?
A Value Driver Tree is a structured, mathematical model that shows how a top-level business outcome is calculated from its underlying drivers and KPIs.
Key characteristics of a Value Driver Tree:
- Starts with a single outcome at the top – For example, profit, cost, or throughput such as tonnes of ore mined, ore processed, or material moved
- Breaks that outcome into logical operational and financial drivers – Each level provides more detail about what contributes to the top-level result
- Continues down to measurable, controllable input KPIs – These are the specific metrics that you can monitor and influence
- Defines relationships between elements – Each element in the tree represents a KPI, and the relationships between elements define how changes at lower levels roll up to the overall result
In industries such as mining, manufacturing, and energy, Value Driver Trees are commonly used to connect physical performance measures to business outcomes.
What is Value Hound?
Value Hound is WiredUp's Value Driver Tree analysis tool. It allows you to:
- Visualise Value Driver Trees – See the complete structure of how performance is created
- Connect operational and financial KPI performance data to the tree – Link real data to your model
- Analyse how changes in drivers affect outcomes – Understand the impact of performance variations
Important: Value Hound does not operate independently. All analysis performed in Value Hound is based on the structure and logic defined in a Value Driver Tree.
How Value Hound Uses the Value Driver Tree
Value Hound uses the Value Driver Tree as its analytical foundation. The tree provides:
- The calculation logic that links input KPIs to higher-level drivers and outcomes
- The structure required to compare performance across time periods
- The relationships needed to quantify impact and variance
By applying analysis to the tree, Value Hound can identify:
- Which drivers have the greatest influence on outcomes – Focus on what matters most
- What contributed to changes in performance – Understand the "why" behind results
- How different operational or financial scenarios may affect results – Model potential improvements
Without a Value Driver Tree, analysis in Value Hound cannot be performed.
How They Work Together in WiredUp
In WiredUp, the Value Driver Tree and Value Hound work as an integrated system:
- The Value Driver Tree explains how performance and value are created – It provides the structural foundation
- Value Hound explains how and why results change – It brings the analysis and insights
- Insights from analysis help you prioritise actions based on impact – Focus your efforts where they will make the biggest difference
This combination supports clearer decision-making, stronger prioritisation, and more effective performance discussions across teams and leadership.
Next Steps
To understand the terminology used across Value Driver Trees and analysis in WiredUp, see: