Step 8: Develop common performance measures
The purpose this step is to briefly describe to you common performance measurements that will help the reentry implementation committee maintain accountability for its goals. For a more comprehensive discussion see the Self-Evaluation and Sustainability module.
Performance measures serve many purposes. They
- Determine if the vision and mission are being achieved;
- Determine the fidelity and efficacy of the strategies;
- Improve planning;
- Identify gaps in service or action;
- Improve communication with partnering agencies, funders, and the public; and
- Determine if resources should be reallocated.
To begin the process, complete the following six steps:
- Identify goals and objectives consistent with the mission and vision statements.
- Identify strategies, activities, or programs necessary to reach your goals and objectives.
- Determine the short-term results or outcomes you want from each strategy, activity, or program.
- Determine the intermediate results or outcomes you want from each strategy, activity, or program.
- Determine the long-term results or outcomes you want from each strategy, activity, or program.
- Identify ways to measure each result or outcome (performance measures).
Now evaluate the quality of your performance measures:
- Does each performance measure relate to the associated mission, goal, and objective?
- Is each performance measure important to the executive-level reentry council and the reentry implementation committee?
- Is it possible to collect accurate and reliable data for each performance measure?
- Taken together, do the performance measures accurately reflect the key results of the strategy, activity, or program?
- Is there more than one performance measure for each goal or objective?
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