Applying
the Logic Model to Your Agency's Challenges
While
the Logic Model has been used to devise implementation strategies
and performance measures for myriad government management challenges,
four applications of the Logic Model have been the most popular.
Each Logic Model session begins with comprehensive training for
program participants in the fundamentals of performance measurement.
Then, specific application training is provided to bridge performance
measurement with the management challenge being addressed by program
participants.
| Performance-Based
Budgeting |
| The
PBB Logic Model session provides a concrete approach to linking
resources to results through performance budgeting. This session
begins with a review of federal (or state/local) guidance for
performance budgeting, as well as examples from several programs.
Then, participants work through the logic model defining outcomes,
intermediate outcomes for program strategies, and program outputs.
In some sessions, managers are asked to select work processes
to which they cost their activities using an approach similar
to Activity-Based Costing. The result is the alignment of performance
and costs of a program in a formal budget justification. |
Typical
PBB Deliverables:
Program Performance Measurements
Performance Justification for the Budget
Self Assessment Score from OMBs Program Assessment Rating
Tool - PART
Activity-Based Costing Work Processes for Program Cost Alignment
to Results |
| Performance-Based
Consulting |
| During
this session, the PBC Logic Model is used to link contracting
and acquisition functions to program results. This session begins
with training on the 7 Steps for Creating Performance-Based
Contracts developed by a consortium of federal agencies. Then
participants are asked to either work on their own contracts
or use a case study contract to develop a performance-based
Statement of Work or Statement of Objective. Participants are
also assisted in selecting what performance measures to use
in the solicitation and the contract vehicle and how to structure
contract incentives. |
Typical
PBC Deliverables:
Statement of Work
Statement of Objective
Performance Measurements Linking Contract to Program Results
Worksheet Applying Incentives to Contract Vehicle |
| Human
Resources Management |
| Workforce
assessments, human capital plans, recruitment and retention,
and employee evaluation initiatives all depend on aligning workforce
capacities to mission results. The HRM Logic Model session address
all four of these aspects of effective human resource management
in government. Participants evaluate strategies and goals of
programs to determine necessary skill sets and workforce competencies.
Measures for recruitment and retention are applied to implement
the human capital plan. In some sessions, participants create
actual employee performance contracts. |
Typical
HRM Deliverables:
HR Performance Measures
SES/Executive Performance Plans
Employee Performance Evaluation Plans
Human Capital Plans
Data Blueprint for Workforce Analysis |
Information
Technology/
e-Government |
| Information
technology is an important, but expensive tool used to deliver
mission results. The IT/e-Gov Logic Model session begins with
training on an IT Capital Planning and Measurement framework
developed through agency surveys, GAO, OMB and CIO Council efforts.
Then the session turns to a specific IT investment initiative
or contract for the development of performance measures aligned
to program results. In some sessions, participants work through
an actual OMB Exhibit 300 or performance-based IT contract model. |
Typical
IT/
e-Gov Deliverables:
e-Gov Performance Measures
IT Performance Standards
IT Capital Plan
Budget/OMB Exhibit 300 Justification |
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To
Schedule a Logic Model Session
for Your Agency, Contact:
Marsie
Frost or Felipe Monroig
703-894-0481 | fax: 703-894-0482
[email protected]
[email protected]
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