Category Archives: Performance Measure

Any type of performance measure regardless of label

Objective vs Subjective Performance Measures

Posted on Wed 18 Mar 2015 by Andrew Jacopino

No sane person should believe that something is subjective merely because it cannot be settled beyond controversy . Hilary Putnam, American Philosopher In choosing ideal performance measures to be used in Performance Based Contracts (PBCs) there is much debate on … Continue reading →

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Measuring and Incentivising Sustainment in the Age of Asset Management

Posted on Mon 12 Jan 2015 by Andrew Jacopino

In the early 1990’s when various western defence organisations started outsourcing the sustainment of complex materiel[1] they focused heavily on measuring and incentivising the four related “ilities“; that is availability, reliability, maintainability and supportability. Through the “ilities” we make sure that … Continue reading →

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The Cost of Measuring Performance

Posted on Wed 07 Jan 2015 by Andrew Jacopino

Peter Drucker famously said, “What gets measured gets managed.” TIn this light, many practitioners in the field of Performance Based Contracting (PBC) attempt to apply large numbers of performance measures in trying to cover the entirety of the contract scope … Continue reading →

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