Before you start entering objectives and metrics into the PMF metrics dashboard, you should have a basic understanding of strategy information for your enterprise. Even if your intention is not to begin with a full balanced scorecard view of your enterprise, you should be familiar with these aspects of organization performance.

Before you can author a PMF application, your enterprise must have:

• Successfully installed and configured the product based on the requirements in the Performance Management Framework Installation and Configuration Guide, and verified the sample Century Corp scorecard to meet the installation requirements.
• Designated staff responsible for strategy design if needed.
• Established a balanced scorecard or the goal to build the scorecard if needed.
• Assigned the duties of authors and administrators.