It relies on feedback to evaluate and improve process performance, so establishing meaningful measures is a primary consideration. It is also concerned with the combination of organisational activities, people, and technology to produce useful outputs. Performance measures are used to evaluate process management success with respect to standards of performance. Performance standards are derived from strategic and business objectives and goals. Objectives and goals are based on the mission, enhanced by knowledge gained, in part, through research, benchmarking, and analysis.
Improvements are incremental and sustained.
They are creative responses to the constant need to get the job done in changing circumstances. Critical issues that need to be addressed within this study have been identified from available research within the fields of project management, programme management, and continuous process improvement. Alignment of Business and IT Strategies by O. Corbett and O. Molloy Business today is under increasing pressure to improve performance, and success largely depends on a company's ability to re-invent itself to adapt to changing circumstances. To do this, there needs to be close co-operation between business and IT functions within a company. It successful, this enables the company to convert strategic business goals into effective IT solutions.