This report outlines the process that was taken to develop Performance Measures for the LCC Network, as well as the outcome, which consists of a suite of measures. We have documented the process so that you can better understand the discussions and information that went into the development of a performance measures framework. Input came from interviews with LCC Coordinators, review of LCC documents, review of relevant performance measures frameworks from natural resources and socioeconomic sectors, interviews with users and designers of relevant frameworks, and a two-day framework design “charrette” with the LCC Performance Measures Working Group. Some key features that were incorporated in the framework for the LCCs include flexibility (LCC units can change which measures they report on over time), choice (LCCs can choose which metrics to report on and how to measure them), collective reporting (LCCs are not forced to compete with one another), and meaningful measures (developed by the LCC Coordinators, Science Coordinators, and Partners). Based on extensive review of other frameworks, including specific attention to what worked and did not work, the LCC Working Group decided to fashion the measures based on the LCC Network Mission Statement, which has five main bullets. Each LCC was given an opportunity to provide input and design measures that address the LCC mission statement and that they chose to report on. Some measures were chosen by most LCCs that chimed in to the process, and these measures might be recommended as common measures for all LCCs. Others might be reported on by some LCCs but not others. This design allows individual LCCs to maintain autonomy while providing measures and metrics that, when taken together, will provide a means to gauge the performance of the LCC network. This report provides both a description of the process that brought us to this tracking structure, and the LCC Performance Measures Framework, with the specific metrics that LCC Coordinators have suggested.
