Measuring results is not easy, but doing it right and doing it well is a mandatory prerequisite to improving performance. One size does not fit all. If you want to get better at knowing how you are doing, then read this book and put Mark's insightful guidelines to work for your company. It will provide the best payback on an investment that you will ever get!--Brent Armstrong, Vice President Energy, Environment & Health Services, EG&G Technical Services 11/20/06

Mark Graham Brown's latest book continues to advance the effectiveness of metrics in business and government.Beyond the Balanced Scorecarddescribes both the underlying concepts of metrics, and the implementation of these concepts in actual use today. The Navy's carrier maintenance community continually improves their execution of highly complex aircraft carrier overhauls using Mr. Brown's metrics concepts to measure long-standing improvement efforts with 'cold, hard facts.' We rely on Mr. Brown's 'analytics' as an integral part of our efforts.--Dr. Jerry Blanton, AMSEC, Co-Founder, Carrier Team One 11/20/06