PuMP Blueprint Online is a self-paced training program to quickly and easily create KPIs and performance measures that are engaging and meaningful to use, and drive true performance improvement.
Most of us – managers, strategy and performance professionals, analysts – struggle to meaningfully measure what matters. It’s frustrating, because we’ve tried so hard, and we still don’t have great measures.
But we can end the struggle. And as soon as we do, measurement transforms our organisational performance.
Our struggles are caused by bad KPI habits that we don’t even know we have
The struggles blocking our journey to high-performance are due to some bad habits that, in the absence of a proper performance measurement methodology, have become common practice, the world over.
Some of the bad habits are:
- Holding people accountable for hitting targets
- Brainstorming KPIs and measures – or shopping for them off-the-shelf
- Writing goals with words like effective, efficient, sustainable, reliable, quality, etc…
If we want performance measures to power performance improvement, we must unlearn these bad KPI habits. The PuMP Blueprint is one of the only truly deliberate and practical step-by-step methods to replace these bad KPI habits with proper performance measurement practice.
The PuMP Blueprint replaces the bad habits with techniques that work
PuMP was designed from over 20 years of research, with thousands of people world-wide, on the struggles that prevent them from easily mastering performance measurement.
We solve our struggles by replacing their causes, the bad KPI habits, with practices that work. We can’t get leaner, get fitter, have more energy, think more clearly, live longer, and keep our bad lifestyle habits.
The PuMP Blueprint has 8 steps that flow together in a deliberate process that makes measuring performance easier, faster, more engaging and more meaningful. It replaces those bad KPI habits at the root of our struggles to measure what matters.
And the PuMP Blueprint Online Program presents these 8 steps to you, one at a time and with all the templates and resources you need, so you can learn and practice and apply better performance measurement at a pace and time that works for you.
PuMP is unique because it’s the only methodology we’re aware of that gives enough detailed instructions for you to easily measure performance without struggle:
- Make your strategy measurable and easier to communicate and cascade
- Select and design performance measures that are meaningful, quantitative, and feasible
- Get buy-in from staff and stakeholders to own performance measurement and improvement
- Bring your measures to life in a consistent way, using the right data and with the right ownership
- Design insightful and actionable reports and dashboards that focus on improvement
- Clearly see the real signals from your measures about whether performance is improving or not
- Convincingly hit your performance targets, and make measurement about transformation, not about blame or covering your bum
With PuMP, we reach more targets (that matter), reach them sooner and with less effort. We get a higher rate of return on our change initiatives. We naturally build a performance culture, where people are fully engaged in their part in fulfilling the mission and pursuing the vision.
How the course works
The PuMP Blueprint Online Program is a series of convenient, step-by-step, action-oriented online lessons. These lessons are available to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
It has been designed specifically for leaders, strategy professionals, performance measurement professionals, and analysts involved in measuring performance.
You have all the resources you need to apply what you learn as you pace yourself through the program:
- 10 Practical How-to Lessons to give you the step-by-step techniques to measure what matters, in an interactive and engaging style, including voice and PowerPoint slides.
- A detailed workbook for each lesson, with the PowerPoint slides, checklists, detailed reference notes and examples.
- A detailed case study we examine throughout the program and you can download to guide your own implementation.
- Practical implementation activities with clear written instructions after each lesson.
- Bonus resources to support your learning, including reading lists, Q&A blog, and more.
About your program presenter
Stacey Barr, the Performance Measure Specialist
Stacey helps people get tangibly clear about the results they really intend to achieve in their business or organisation, and to know how well they are achieving those results.
Performance measurement just happens to be the best tool to do this, and also the one people struggle with most. So that’s where she specialises, and has done for almost 20 years.
Stacey challenges many of the long-held beliefs and bad habits people have about how performance measures ought to be chosen, created and used. And as the creator of PuMP®, she shows them how to adopt more practical and proven methods to meaningfully measure what matters.
Stacey is known for her unusually high level of practicality, her easy-going, approachable and authentic presentation style, and her innate ability to balance the technical rigour of performance measurement with the social, human side.
PuMP is certified through the world’s leading professional certification institute
PuMP is certified by APMG, the world’s leading accreditation and exam institute for professional certifications. You can read more at the APMG PuMP Certification information page.
When you achieve PuMP Certification, you will receive:
- An official certificate issued by APMG confirming your PuMP Certified status
- An official digital ‘PuMP Certified’ badge to use in your social media profiles, such as LinkedIn
- Validity of your certification lasting 5 years from the date of achieving it
- The option to apply for re-certification before your certification expires
PuMP Certification demonstrates your ability to develop performance measures that are meaningful, aligned to strategy, implemented efficiently and focused on driving performance improvement. This is a powerful capability to include in your resume and give you an edge over other candidates for promotions and new positions.