Installation Management Campaign Plan
Annex D: Metrics Â
Objective: The Metrics Annex explains the intent, approach, and specific metrics developed to evaluate progress toward attaining the desired end state described in the Installation management Campaign Plan.
Introduction The purpose of the Metrics Annex is to explain the intent, approach and metrics developed to monitor progress toward attaining the desired end state described in the Installation Management Campaign Plan (IMCP). The initial IMCP, published in March 2010, included 231 metrics; version 2 of the IMCP includes 62 metrics. The rationale for metrics reduction and avoiding random activity associated with unnecessary analyses is best described in Field Manual 5.0, The Operations Process: Committing valuable time and energy to developing excessive and timeconsuming assessment schemes squander resources better devoted to other operations process activities. Commanders reject the tendency to measure something just because it is measurable. Effective commanders avoid burdening subordinates and staffs with overly detailed assessment and collection tasks. Generally, the echelon at which a specific operation, task, or action is conducted should be the echelon at which it is assessed. This provides a focus for assessment at each echelon. It enhances the efficiency of the overall operations process.
Using the principles of sustainable Army Communities of Excellence, leaders of the organization review performance of the Campaign Plan on a cyclic basis. Performance is assessed, gaps identified, solutions debated, action plans developed, and best practices shared. The Installation Management Commanders’ enterprise-level programming and resource allocation decisions are influenced by assessing and linking Campaign Plan metric outcomes with the common operating picture, senior leader experience, personal observations and strategic dialog between the Commander and Annex D: Metrics Â
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