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2002 DPR Session - Lee McCormack


2002 DPR Session

Lee McCormack, Executive Director

Results Based Management

May 14, 2002

Table of Contents

Context - Results for Canadians

Results-Based Management

Departmental Performance Reports (DPRS)

This year's guidelines

Tell a Coherent Performance Story

Focus on outcomes, not outputs

Associate performance with previous commitments

Set the performance of your department in context

Link resources to outcomes

Explain why the Public can have confidence

Link to Other Government Themes and Managewment Issues

To summarize ...

Context - Results for Canadians

A Modern Management Framework

Citizen Focus - Values - Results - Responsible Spending (14Kb)

Results-Based Management

A Life Cycle Approach

Learn & Adjust; Strategic Analysis: Analysis of the current environment, past perf., emerging priorities and significant risks to achievement of desired results; Plan for Results: Developing Strategic and Operational Plans - identify and plan to achieve key results and mitigate risk; Implement: Action taken to achieve results; Monitor, Measure, Evaluate: Ongoing performance measurement and periodic evaluation to determine progress and allow for corrective action; Report on Results: Providing integrated Financial and non-financial information on: results and accountability for internal and external use; Delivering Results for Canadians: Integrated Risk Management; Public Service and organizational values (83Kb)
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Departmental Performance Reports (DPRs)

  • A key accountability document
  • Principle-based approach
  • Consistent with RPP principles
  • Increasingly horizontal

This year's guidelines:

  • Reinforce reporting principles
  • Outcome focus: concentrate on the difference made to Canadians
  • Reflect feedback

Tell a Coherent Performance Story

  • Balanced
  • Concise
  • Meets information needs of users

Focus on outcomes, not outputs

  • Clearly show how department is making a difference in the lives of Canadians
  • Explain contribution your organization makes toward strategic outcomes

Associate performance with previous - commitments

  • Explain any changes in plans or priorities that may have occurred since commitment was made
  • Explain contribution your organization makes toward strategic outcomes
  • Highlight lessons learned

Set the performance of your department in context:

  • Societal indicators
  • Government priorities
  • Horizontal results
  • Managing Risk

Link resources to outcomes

  • Financial, human resources aligned to outcomes
  • Financial tables provide closure on appropriations
  • When changes to plans & resources occur, explain reason and amount

Explain why the Public can have confidence

  • Explain methodology, data sources
  • Establish credibility
  • Show contribution
  • Compare to other sources

Link to other Government Themes and Management Issues

How do these influence your performance story?

  • Sustainable development
  • SUFA
  • Modern Comptrollership
  • Service Improvement and GOL
  • HR Management

To summarize ...

  • Coherent
  • Strategic outcomes
  • Previous RPPs
  • Context
  • Linkages
  • Methodology