SharePoint 2007: The Definitive Guide
by James Pyles, Christopher M. Buechler, Bob Fox, Murray Gordon, Michael Lotter, Jason Medero, Nilesh Mehta, Joris Poelmans, Christopher Pragash, Piotr Prussak, Christopher J. Regan
Performance Management
Performance Management is the process of creating and maintaining a high fidelity between employee performance and departmental or company goals. MOSS 2007 is only part of the Microsoft BI solution, and many other tools play vital roles in concert with SharePoint. Other applications and third-party tools that play a role in BI performance management include Business Scorecard Manager, ProClarity, and Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server.
- Business Scorecard Manager 2005
This application is included in the Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 and utilizes the Microsoft Office Suite and SQL Server to provide specific performance indicators. Employees have access to a personalized scorecard of their work performance tracked by KPIs as compared to business goals. See Figure 15-9 for an example.
- ProClarity
ProClarity is a third-party applications vendor and Microsoft partner. They provide Query and Analysis, Dashboard, Scorecard, and Reporting software solutions that interoperate with Microsoft SQL Server and Office products in order to enhance Microsoft's Business Intelligence application features.

Figure 15-9. Business Scorecard Manager
- Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007
This server-side application contains tools to let organizations plan, implement, and monitor their business processes and goals, specifically targeted at aligning manager and worker ...
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