The Alliance Performance Monitoring Plan (APMP)
An APMP is a performance management tool used by an alliance team (partners) to help plan and manage the process of assessing and reporting progress towards achieving the Objectives of the partnership. It is a critical tool for planning, managing, and documenting how performance data is collected and used. An APMP serves to:
Define specific performance indicators for each Objective, determine baselines and set targets
Plan and manage the data collection process for reporting
Estimate costs related to data collection and plan how these will be financed
Communicate expectations to partner institutions responsible for producing measurable performance
An APMP contributes to the effectiveness of the partners performance by assuring that progress data will be collected on a regular and timely basis. Using the APMP to sufficiently document indicator definitions, sources, and methods of data collection increases the likelihood that you will collect comparable data over time - even when key partner personnel change. An APMP also supports reliable data collection by documenting the frequency and schedule of data collection and assigning responsibilities.