PM plea

Although this blog is mostly associated with the collaborative website project on PM in Partnership, sometimes I might blog on other things, too.

Today, I have a plea for help associated with another project I've been working on - called Performance, Management, Measurement and Information . This is a project the IDeA (where I work) has been carrying out jointly with the Audit Commission - and it's really focused on good PM in local government (in England and Wales).

Priorities
Anyway, we're currently working on a guidance briefing on identifying priorities and non-priorities. I have to admit that we've found this surprisingly difficult, trying to explain a rather complex thing in a clear way that doesn't muddle things further. We'd find it really helpful to get some examples about where things have gone really well because priorities were clear and the process of identifying priorities and non-priorities was transparent. Please share those comments on the IDeA Knowledge Discussion forum in our specific thread on the topic. We are considering developing some case studies in this area, so every example would help.


Using EFQM, Balanced Scorecard and more
As part of the PMMI project, we published a while ago a paper called the Review of Performance Improvement Models and Tools, which covers some of the more widely used PM models like Balanced Scorecard and EFQM - as well as other well used tools - in a handy, brief format. It's been very popular -and in January we published a revised edition. Within the paper itself, we have a few examples and contact details of people who have been using these tools or frameworks - but it would be great to have a few more. Again, there's a specific topic in our discussion forum where you can tell us which approach you're using and how it's gone for you. It links directly from the Models page on IDeA Knowledge, so people looking at the paper will also be able to find your example.