Measurement Database and Maturity Model Launched to Improve Performance Management in Government
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| For Immediate Release April 22, 2005
CONTACT: Jay Eubanks | [email protected] |
office: 703-894-0481 |
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ARLINGTON , Va. – As federal management has moved to a performance-based culture, the ability to assess change in agencies towards performance management has been a big challenge. Speaking at the 2005 Government Performance Summit, Performance Institute President Carl DeMaio will launch the “Measures that Make a Difference” Online Performance Measurement Database as well as release the Performance Management Maturity Model . Both tools will be invaluable resources to government managers struggling to improve the performance and transparency of their programs.
The “Measures that Make a Difference” Database will be located at www.performanceweb.org and will allow government managers to share five performance measures per program that they feel have had the biggest impact on agency operations and outcomes. The database will allow agencies to exchange measures over mission area i.e. (Homeland Security, Social Services, Environment, etc.) and function area (Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, etc).
The “Performance Management Maturity Model” is a self-assessment tool that government programs can utilize to evaluate the extent to which they exhibit characteristics as a “performance-based organization.” The tool compliments existing frameworks such as the Scorecard for the President's Management Agenda and the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART). Programs will be categorized using a 5 step model. The PMMM is based on a similar approach used by the software engineering field with the Capability Maturity Model (CMM).
“The Database will not focus just on outcome or best in class measures, but on measures that actually drove change in government programs and improved performance, accountability, and transparency,” stated DeMaio. “Performance management has been in the eye of the beholder, the Database along with the Maturity Model will give federal managers the ability to evaluate capacities for improved performance management.”
Both the “Measures that Make a Difference” and the Performance Management Maturity Model will be unveiled during the luncheon address at 12:15pm on Monday April 25, 2005 . The Government Performance Summit will be held April 25-27, 2005 in the Washington Convention Center . The summit is open to the media; please contact Jay Eubanks by April 22, 2005 about attending.
The Performance Institute is a private think tank seeking to improve government performance through the principles of competition, accountability, performance and transparency. The Institute serves as the nation's leading authority and repository on performance-based management practices for government. Its mission is to identify, study and disseminate the leading management innovations pioneered by "best-in-class" organizations.
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