PREFACE


Introduction

The Training Resources and Data Exchange (TRADE) Performance-Based Management Special Interest Group (PBM SIG) was chartered to foster continuous improvement and facilitate the use of performance-based management techniques within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) community. This handbook has been compiled by the PBM SIG to provide reference material to assist in the development, utilization, evaluation, and interpretation of performance measurement techniques and tools to support the efficient and effective management of operations.

Contributors

The following members of the TRADE PBM SIG served as the project team for the compilation of this handbook:

Other subject matter experts in performance-based management programs who provided information or participated in the preparation or review of this handbook include Anne Roe, Westinghouse Savannah River Corporation; Stan Love, retired, Sandia National Laboratories-Albuquerque; Buck Koonce, University of California; Mary Ayles, Jack Ewing, and R. S. (Bud) Leete, Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc.; Megan Lohmann, DOE Nevada; TRADE PBM SIG Advisors Paul Krumpe and Richard Day, DOE Headquarters.


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