In crafting your
agency’s logic models, it is important to be deliberate about the selection
of measures.There are few perfect
measures, and dealing with uncertainty in the area of performance measurement
is inevitable.In many cases,
performance measures cannot tell the whole story, but they can provide red
flags to indicate whether or not agency initiatives are successful.
Your focus
should be on quality, rather than quantity.Develop a few good measures, so that you don’t create a data burden
for your program managers.With the
choice between 6 or 2 measures for a strategy, go with 2!Put pen to paper to create a comprehensive
list of indicators, and then refine the list from there by reducing it to
those that are most useful.
