RE: DOE/NRC Rad. Con. Performance Indicators

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@ix.netcom.com>]

Seth Kanter wrote:

> With respect to frequency of tabulation/evaluation of these 
> indicators, we analyze them monthly and provide a report to 
> management.  (We also develop corrective actions, etc., if 
> warranted).

I'd only add that there should be ongoing recognition of where each 
indicator is;  i.e., current period, year-to-date, actual versus 
target, actual versus goal (if different that the published target), 
etc. In addition, as Seth already stated, numerical indicators can 
be very misleading. The indicators only take on importance if they 
can be used to actually identify problems .. and to do this, one must 
stratify the indicators into more working indicators, which I will 
call the process indicators, in lieu of the outcome indicator, such 
as personnel contaminations. An example of this could be a 
stratification of facility area, where are the contaminations 
occurring (building, plant unit, room, component, etc.), time frame of 
the contaminations, body parts contaminated, worker classification of 
the individuals who are contaminated. Only when one stratifies an 
outcome indicator can an action plan be put together to attack root 
causes. Chip away at the components that contribute the most towards 
the indicator. If the components are not known, the indicator will 
NOT be reduced, unless by divine intervention.

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