Numerous statutory and regulatory requirements now mandate that all U.K. government authorities operate with economy, efficiency, and effectiveness. Best Value Performance Indicators (BVPI) provide a set of performance indicators to help ensure the effectiveness of every government organization. The STAR Rating system directs performance for the National Health Service. For local authorities, the Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) framework establishes performance standards.

The primary intent of these new regulations is to ensure that all government authorities achieve their stated strategic objectives and effectively execute their service delivery plans. Additionally, the goal is to improve accountability, visibility, and fiscal responsibility. In summary, there is a clear mandate to manage all human capital, IT resources, initiatives, and programs in the context of the authorities’ overall strategic objectives. In addition, risk management and budgeting/planning must also be tied to the authority’s strategic objectives.

Many U.K. public sector authorities are looking to technology to help them comply with these stringent statutory and regulatory requirements. The key to successfully driving economy, efficiency, and effectiveness is a comprehensive management system that ties performance metrics, initiatives and programs, budgeting and planning, and risks to the authority's strategic objectives.

CorVu has gained widespread adoption of its innovative performance management software solution in the U.K. public sector. Some of the authorities that have successfully deployed CorVu include:

• Department of Trade and Industry
• NHS 24
• Tees & North East Yorkshire NHS Trust
• HM Customs & Excise
• VOSA - Vehicle and Operator Services Agency
• Metropolitan Police
• Carmarthenshire County Council
• Huntingdonshire District Council
• London Borough of Harrow
• London Borough of Camden
• Cannock Chase District Council
• North East Derbyshire District Council
• Oxford City Council

Leveraging its extensive experience in the public sector, CorVu designed a packaged government performance solution that allows authorities to measure, benchmark, and report against the performance standards contained within the Star Rating, BVPI, and CPA frameworks. This configurable and affordable application encourages more effective management of both financial and non-financial resources, improvement of service delivery to local communities, and alignment to community plans.

The CorVu 5 government performance solution delivers breakthrough capabilities by tying performance metrics, authority initiatives, the budgeting and planning process, and risk management to strategic objectives. It combines the two key technology components necessary for ensuring successful execution of strategic objectives:

• Strategic Management System – a comprehensive system that manages the key public sector processes that impact strategy execution, including objective management, initiative management, budgeting and planning, and risk management
  
  
• Performance Metrics – a robust business intelligence platform for automated data access, reporting, and analysis capabilities

CorVu 5 provides a scalable architecture for managing performance across a large and distributed enterprise. Built on a native Web architecture, CorVu 5 is a transactional system and provides a robust security model.