287
Index
8 Disciplines (8D) process, continuous
improvement ( kaizen ) 273
adapting design processes/universal principles
12
Agile development 33
algorithms see cleaning algorithms; trading/
investment algorithms
analysis/design stage
competitor analysis 84
consolidation 85
new strategies 84–5
outputs/deliverables 85
overview 81–6
analysis of variance (ANOVA),
variation 266–7
architecture see system architecture
assignable causes, variation 27, 267–8
assumptions
Money Document 76–7
rounding data 143
SPC 252, 255
attribute charts, SPC 255–8
attribution, performance see performance
attribution
backtesting
see also performance checking; testing
converting prototypes to coded
models 132–3
database design 133–4
information management 133–4
optimize signals 135
outputs/deliverables 136
overview 131–7
QA 134–5
track record simulation 135–6
trading/investment systems 38
bad data 151–2
benchmarking 15–16
alternative benchmark construction 241–2
attribution calculations 246–8
buy vs build 8–9
defining benchmarks 239–42
design process 198–9
effective 240–1
Gate 3; 222–4
gate meetings 222–4
index benchmarking 15–16, 240–1
Monte Carlo benchmarking 241–2
peer group 15–16
performance attribution 246–8
performance controls 245–50
process 16
quantitative methods 98–9
research 98–9
sector 15–16
single performance calculations 246
validating 166–7
VaR calculations 248–9
best practices 17
building the system 212
cleaning algorithms 156
data 147
ideas 95
performance checking 122, 168, 219