3 Performance Measures—The Keys to Success

Most OMB requirements regarding performance budgets are administrative in nature and aren’t discussed in this book. Of the requirements worth noting, Chapter 2 presented the important framework requirements and this chapter discusses a set of interrelated requirements—setting performance goals and measuring your success in achieving them—that is of paramount importance.

Good performance measures are the key to successful performance budgeting. They serve two major purposes. First, they help sell your program to decision makers. Second, and more importantly, they help you achieve your desired results during execution of your program. Good performance measures don’t just give you feedback on how well you’ve ...

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