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Thrown in at the deep end and hoping that PuMP will help me swim!

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Richard Berry

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April 27, 2022

Hi everyone,

I’ve just started the PuMP Blueprint online program and thoroughly enjoying it so far. I committed to the program after many months of researching possible approaches to the task I’ve been given in my organisation… this is where I’m finding myself in the deep end!

I am tasked with developing “an integrated performance measurement system” which, in the eyes of my executive leadership, means a system that integrates strategic and business planning, budgeting, performance measurement and reporting, and I’ve never done anything like this before. It seems like a mammoth task and I do feel overwhelmed at times when I think about it.

I know that PuMP is a performance measurement approach, but I do sense that it can really help with planning, especially during the development of the results map. I’d be keen to connect with anyone who has gone through the kind of work I’m starting at the moment and also those who believe there is a closer relationship between PuMP and planning than what Stacey might (humbly) care to admit!

I am a big fan of making time to collaborate and learn from one another, so feel to reach out if you want to spar about ideas and experiences. I am a very committed PuMP acolyte, even though I haven’t done my first implementation yet! I simply think there’s nothing else like it out there!

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Kenneth Van der Walt

Member

March 7, 2022

Hi Richard!

It sounds epic, great that something so ambitious has got buy in from executive leadership (in my case, it’s more the other way round).

Admittedly, most of our detailed planning was articulated in step 2 of PuMP (with the exception of the vision and mission).

So far it seems ok, but I’d say it’s pretty sub-optimal, I think we’d be in a way better position if we’d dedicated much more time to strategic planning. (I think it’s a very good idea moving forward too).

I guess you’ve read this article?

Is the PuMP Results Map a Good Strategic Planning Tool?

Happy to discuss ideas and experiences with you Richard, I’m very committed too!

#3005
Richard Berry

Member

April 27, 2022

Hi Kenneth

Thanks a lot for your reply and the article. I have read it before, but a long time ago, and it was good to re-read within the context of what I know now. Planning is virtually non-existent in my organisation (at least good, considered planning) and given that they want an integrated system of planning and measurement, and want it now, I kind of looked at PuMP at something that could give us that with the hope that planning will also become a more deliberate exercise in time.

This stuff is hard! I believe in it and can see the potential value-add for the organisation but it is a lot of work and a lot of change management, as I’m finding through the process.

It would be great to connect and share ideas further. Sorry that I didn’t pick up on your message earlier. I assumed that I would get an email notification if someone replied to one of my posts, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.

All the best!

#3010
Kenneth Van der Walt

Member

March 7, 2022

Hey Richard,

Virtually non-existent planning – that does sound very challenging!

I think I see what you mean, if the org develops an appreciation of good performance measurement to reach goals, maybe they’ll see that more hard, focused work is needed for pure strategic planning.

On the other hand, at times our team has found that steps 2 and 3 are quite challenging, since the foundation of good strategic planning is not really there!

I also find it hard to communicate just how unbelievably fundamental these ideas are. This means people say absurd things like:

“These XmR charts look great, they will help us find particular weeks where we are declining a lot year-over-year!”

“Maybe the PuMP process can help us brainstorm out what the 3rd team KPI should be”

“This seems like a lot of effort for something that only matters at the end of financial year!”

Sure Richard, feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenneth-van-der-walt-7b97609a/

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