He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he trims clean so that it will be even more fruitful. However, in the current environment of rapid political, technological and economic change, few organizations can remain calm and steady.
Decisions regarding budget priorities are the central decisions of any organization.
They are analogous to the decisions made by a gardener. The gardener may either prune and fertilize a plant, cut it down and discard it, or leave it alone. The same approach applies to management decision-making. Below we will examine how triage can be applied to each of these categories, which will help us to determine the most relevant metrics needed to guide senior management decision-making. The answer to the first question should be the agency's or department's mission statement, PLUS all the other activities done to support the mission.