Links to Benchmark Companies. (A Benchmark Company can also be an agency or bureau.) This is used to identify those companies who excel at this particular performance measure.
Required? No
Parent Measurement Grouping
Links to the parent Generic Measurement Indicator definition. For a given Investment, there must be a minimum of four PRM Measurement Indicators, each of which trace up to the four PRM Measurement Areas.
Required? Yes
Ownership tab
Owning Organizational Unit
Links to an Organizational Unit. This is the organization that is responsible for collecting measurements for this PRM Measurement Indicator.
Required? Required if a Position is entered in the following property.
Provided by Position
Links to Position. The value that is entered is keyed by the Organizational Unit in the previous property. This is the Position within the organization that is responsible for recording measurements.
Required? No
Units & Frequency tab
Type of Measure
Indicates whether the PRM Measurement Indicator is quantitative or qualitative in nature.
Required? Yes
Unit of Measure
Applies to quantitative PRM Measurement Indicators. Examples of Units of Measure are US dollars, count, miles, gallons per minute, rating.
Required? Yes, if type of measure is quantitative
Computation Rule
Text describing how raw data are converted into recorded measurements. Also describes the methodology, collection instructions and transformations.
Required? Yes
Accuracy of Measurements
The absolute value of the required resolution of measurements associated with this PRM Measurement Indicator. For example, a value of .1 means that recorded measurements must be accurate to one-tenth of the unit of measure.
Required? No
Minimum Value
Minimum value of corresponding measurements.
Required? No
Maximum Value
Maximum value of corresponding measurements.
Required? No
Update Frequency
Text that describes how often corresponding measurements are recorded. Examples are daily, quarterly, as needed.
Required? No
Measurements tab
Related Measurements
Links to Measurement definitions that correspond to this PRM Measurement Indicator. Note: It is highly recommended that Measurements are dragged into the property, rather than entering the fully qualified name directly in the property.