Grant Performance, Outcomes, and Results Management Course
IDGRNT8200

Module 1: Purpose and Role of Grant Performance and Results Management

• Explain the role of performance management in the grants lifecycle.
• Distinguish performance accountability from compliance monitoring.
• Describe how results management supports stewardship and public trust.

Module 2: From Program Goals to Measurable Outcomes

• Translate statutory and program goals into measurable outcomes.
• Identify misalignment between activities and intended results.
• Recognize common outcome design failures.

Module 3: Outputs, Outcomes, and Impact

• Differentiate outputs, outcomes, and long-term impact.
• Identify when programs over-rely on activity metrics.
• Assess which measures are material to program success.

Module 4: Designing Effective Performance Measures

• Develop clear, specific, and measurable performance indicators.
• Avoid vague or non-actionable measures.
• Align measures with data availability and program capacity.

Module 5: Data Collection, Quality, and Limitations

• Identify common data quality risks in grant programs.
• Evaluate the reliability and usefulness of performance data.
• Document assumptions and data limitations defensibly.

Module 6: Analyzing Performance and Identifying Material Risk

• Assess performance trends and patterns.
• Distinguish material underperformance from normal variation.
• Identify when performance issues require intervention.

Module 7: Responding to Underperformance

• Select appropriate responses to performance shortfalls.
• Use technical assistance, corrective action, or escalation appropriately.
• Avoid overreaction and inconsistent enforcement.

Module 8: Linking Performance to Oversight and Monitoring

• Design monitoring approaches based on performance risk.
• Adjust oversight intensity using performance data.
• Prevent over-monitoring and under-monitoring.

Module 9: Performance Reporting and Oversight Expectations

• Prepare performance reports that are decision-useful.
• Anticipate oversight questions related to outcomes and results.
• Avoid common reporting and documentation failures.

Module 10: Capstone – Defensible Performance and Results Management

• Apply course concepts to a realistic performance scenario.
• Diagnose performance design and implementation issues.
• Develop and document a defensible results management approach.