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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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Defining a Performance Based Contract (PBC)

Posted on Mon 09 Feb 2015 by Andrew Jacopino

Over the past 12 months articles[1] have discussed the virtues of Performance Based Contracting (PBC), but may have led the reader to believe that PBCs are neither well understood nor used. This is not entirely true since forms of PBCs … Continue reading →

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So Why Use a PBC?

Posted on Sun 26 Jan 2014 by Andrew Jacopino

Extending on our simple description of Performance Based Contracting (PBC), a form of contracting that directly relates the delivery of the products or services to payment; we need to examine the 3 key differences between a PBC and traditional contracts: … Continue reading →

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Defining a Performance Based Contracting (PBC)

Posted on Sun 26 Jan 2014 by Andrew Jacopino

While there are a range of definitions I have always used a very simple definition of a Performance Based Contract (PBC); a form of contracting that directly relates the delivery of the products or services to payment.  To do this, … Continue reading →

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