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The 2007-2008 Report on Plans and Priorities (RPP) and the Departmental Performance Report (DPR) are the third editions to be produced under the Management Resources and Results Structure (MRRS) Policy. The illustration below shows how each PAA level is managed by traceable results, responsibilities and resources information and according to a planning and performance measurement timetable.
3 Rs Integration Model at the CSA
PAA Levels |
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Results |
Responsibilities |
Resources |
Strategic Outcome 10 years |
Strategic Results | President / Executive Committee | 10-Year Plan | |
Program Activities >= 5 years |
Final Results | Executive Committee | 10-Year Plan | |
Program Sub-Activities >= 3 years |
Intermediate Results | Executive Committee | Annual Reference Level Update (ARLU) | |
Program Sub-Sub-Activities 3 years |
Immediate Results | Directors General | Annual Reference Level Update (ARLU) | |
Program Sub-Sub-Activities 1 year |
Inputs-Outputs | Managers | Main Estimates |
Performance Measurement Implementation Status
In 2007-2008, the major milestones in the full implementation of the MRRS were:
The merging of the three CSA's Strategic Outcomes into a single Strategic Outcome, to which all Program Activities contribute;
The update of the Sub-Sub-Activities in line with MRRS guidelines;
The development and approval of the Performance Measurement Framework (PMF) effective April 1st, 2008. The PMF is based on performance measurement logic models tailored to each of the five Program Activities. As a whole, they link the results at each level of the PAA up to the Strategic Outcome; and,
The implementation of the Electronic Work Plan, a corporate custom-built management database that systematically links results, responsibilities, and resources information together.
These achievements concluded a process started in 2004 leading to the implementation of a result-based management framework that was entirely integrated in the 2008-2009 Report on Plans and Priorities. It is important to consider this process as a work in progress that will require at least five more years to complete a first full cycle of analysis.
How to Read Performance Information and Detailed Analysis
Program Activity: For this level, the information is reported against final results and performance indicators. For the first time a progress report from the year 2005-2006 is provided. However, during the 2008-2009 Performance Management Framework (PMF) exercise, the results and indicators were reviewed thoroughly. The reviewed set of results and indicators was presented in the 2008-2009 Report on Plans and Priorities (RPP). The first full analysis of final results will take place in 2010 at the end of the five-year cycle that started with the approval of the Canadian Space Strategy in February 2005 and the implementation of the Program Activity Architecture (PAA) in 2005-2006.
Program Sub-Activity: For this level, intermediate results and performance indicators were only developed in 2007-2008 and therefore are listed for the first time in the 2008-2009 RPP.
Program Sub-Sub-Activity:
For this level, the information is reported yearly against immediate
results and performance indicators. The Program Sub-Sub-Activity level
performance information is only accessible electronically at the
following address:
www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/publications/default.asp#parliament
Performance Analysis: Every year, a performance analysis is completed for each level of the PAA. This analysis provides contextual, complementary or methodological, as well as financial and human resources information.
Highlights of Main Accomplishments: For each Program Sub-Activity, examples of achievements are selected from the array of projects and activities carried out by the CSA and its industry, academic and government partners, in response to what was forecasted in the corresponding RPP.
Description |
Planned Spending |
Actual |
Variance |
Space Based Earth Observation | 114.1 | 53.3 | 60.8 |
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Space Science and Exploration | 138.5 | 124.1 | 14.4 |
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Satellite Communications | 25.1 | 24.0 | 1.1 |
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Generic Space Activities in support of EO, SE and SC | 47.5 | 47.1 | 0.4 |
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Space Awareness and Learning | 6.5 | 4.5 | 2.0 |
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Corporate Services and Infrastructure | 36.5 | 38.6 | 2.2 |
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