A performance management concept that measures whether the activities of a company are meeting its objectives in terms of vision and strategy. Balanced Metrics Management provides a comprehensive view of financial outcomes and human issues in a business. This data supports taking actions that further the organization’s ability to act in its long-term interests.

A series that Metrics Management compares against a comparison series to calculate index values for a measure. A view contains one base series and can contain multiple comparison series.

A period, which is after the completed period, for which users can enter estimated or incomplete data. This period is defined by a system specialist and is marked with an asterisk (*) on reports and in data tables.

A collection of measures and locations, organized by individual sections, which are tabs in the book.

An analytics and reporting platform built on Eclipse, the industry standard for open source software development. BIRT provides a complete solution for extracting data and presenting the results in a formatted document.