Performance management may mean:

Performance measurement is the process of assessing progress toward achieving predetermined goals, while performance management is building on that process adding the relevant communication and action on the progress achieved against these predetermined goals (Bourne, M.,Franco, M. and Wilkes, J. (2003). Corporate performance management. Measuring Business Excellence; 2003; 7, 3; p. 15)

• In network performance management, (a) a set of functions that evaluate and report the behavior of telecommunications equipment and the effectiveness of the network or network element and (b) a set of various subfunctions, such as gathering statistical information, maintaining and examining historical logs, determining system performance under natural and artificial conditions, and altering system modes of operation. Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188.
• In organizational development (OD), performance can be thought of as Actual Results vs Desired Results. Any discrepancy, where Actual is less than Desired, could constitute the performance improvement zone. Performance management and improvement can be thought of as a cycle:

1. Performance planning where goals and objectives are established
2. Performance coaching where a manager intervenes to give feedback and adjust performance
3. Performance appraisal where individual performance is formally documented and feedback delivered

A performance problem is any gap between Desired Results and Actual Results. Performance improvement is any effort targeted at closing the gap between Actual Results and Desired Results.

• Application Performance Management (APM) refers to the discipline within systems management that focuses on monitoring and managing the performance and availability of software applications. APM can be defined as workflow and related IT tools deployed to detect, diagnose, remedy and report on application performance issues to ensure that application performance meets or exceeds end-users’ and businesses’ expectations.

• Business performance management (BPM) is a set of processes that help businesses discover efficient use of their business units, financial, human and material resources.

• Operational performance management (OPM) focus is on creating methodical and predictable ways to improve business results, or performance, across organizations.

Simply put, performance management helps organizations achieve their strategic goals. Rather than discarding the data accessibility previous systems fostered, performance management harnesses it to help ensure that an organization’s data works in service to organizational goals to provide information that is actually useful in achieving them. and focus on the Operational Networking Processes between that performance level. Network performance management is the discipline of optimizing how networks function, trying to deliver the lowest latency, highest capacity, and maximum reliability despite intermittent failures and limited bandwidth. ... In mathematics, a set can be thought of as any collection of distinct objects considered as a whole. ... A network element (NE) is telecommunications hardware equipment that is addressable and manageable. ... The ASCII codes for the word Wikipedia represented in binary, the numeral system most commonly used for encoding computer information. ... System (from Latin systÄ“ma, in turn from Greek systÄ“ma) is a set of entities, real or abstract, comprising a whole where each component interacts with or is related to at least one other component and they all serve a common objective. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The word operation can mean any of several things: The method, act, process, or effect of using a device or system. ... Federal Standard 1037C entitled Telecommunications: Glossary of Telecommunication Terms is a U.S. Federal Standard, issued by the General Services Administration pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. ... MIL-STD-188 is a series of U.S. military standards relating to telecommunications. ... The field of organization development (OD) has had several definitions. ... Performance appraisal is a method by which the performance of an employee is measured (generally in terms of quality, quantity, cost and Time). ... In computing, a performance problem is identified by slowed responses or by complete failures to respond. ... Performance improvement is the concept of measuring the output of a particular process or procedure, then modifying the process or procedure in order to increase the output, increase efficiency, or increase the effectiveness of the process or procedure. ... Application Performance Management, or APM, refers to the discipline within systems management that focuses on monitoring and managing the performance and availability of software applications. ... It has been suggested that Corporate performance management be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with business Performance Management. ...

Further reading

• Mosimann, Roland P., Patrick Mosimann and Meg Dussault, The Performance Manager. 2007 ISBN 978-0-9730124-1-5

• Armstrong, Michael., Michael Armstrong and Angela Baron, Managing Performance, Performance management in action. October 2004 ISBN: 1843981017 ISBN13: 978-1-8439810-1-5