Performance Management

Resources for DoD Civilians

Governing Directive: DOD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 430:

Defense Civilian Personnel Advisory Services (DCPAS) supports and strives to maintain the DOD performance culture that links individual performance to organizational goals. The objectives of DOD performance management programs are to improve individual, team (where applicable), and organizational performance. DOD Performance Management programs create a work culture and environment that promote high-performance, high-involvement organizations by planning, monitoring, developing, evaluating, and recognizing employee achievements.

DCPAS manages the DOD Performance Management and Appraisal Program (DPMAP), a performance management system which covers the majority of DOD employees. DPMAP utilizes a process for planning, monitoring, evaluating, and recognizing employee performance while linking individual employee performance to organizational goals.

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Performance Management Timeline-2023		14.3 KB
DPMAP-Toolkit-2023		1.6 MB
MyPerformance-Completing Key Actions-2023		480.3 KB

• Additional performance element - means a dimension or aspect of individual, team, or organizational performance that is not a critical or non-critical element. Such elements are not used in assigning a summary level but, like critical and non-critical elements, are useful for purposes such as communicating performance expectations and serving as the basis for granting awards. Such elements may include, but are not limited to, objectives, goals, program plans, work plans, and other means of expressing expected performance.
• Appraisal - means the process under which performance is reviewed and evaluated.
• Appraisal Period - means the established period of time for which performance will be reviewed and a rating of record will be prepared.
Appraisal - means the process under which performance is reviewed and evaluated.
• Appraisal Program - means the specific procedures and requirements established under the policies and parameters of an agency appraisal system.
• Appraisal System - means a framework of policies and parameters established by an agency as defined at 5 U.S.C. 4301(1) for the administration of performance appraisal programs under subchapter I of chapter 43 of title 5, United States Code, and this subpart.
• Critical element - means a work assignment or responsibility of such importance that unacceptable performance on the element would result in a determination that an employee's overall performance is unacceptable. Such elements shall be used to measure performance only at the individual level.
• Non-critical element - means a dimension or aspect of individual, team, or organizational performance, exclusive of a critical element, that is used in assigning a summary level. Such elements may include, but are not limited to, objectives, goals, program plans, work plans, and other means of expressing expected performance.means the process under which performance is reviewed and evaluated.
• Performance- means accomplishment of work assignments or responsibilities.
• Performance appraisal system- See Appraisal system.
• Performance plan - means all of the written, or otherwise recorded, performance elements that set forth expected performance. A plan must include all critical and non-critical elements and their performance standards.
• Performance rating - means communicating with the employee about performance compared to the performance standards of critical and non-critical elements.
• Performance standard - means communicating with the employee about performance compared to the performance standards of critical and non-critical elements.
• Progress review - means communicating with the employee about performance compared to the performance standards of critical and non-critical elements.
• Rating of record - means the performance rating prepared at the end of an appraisal period for performance of agency-assigned duties over the entire period and the assignment of a summary level within a pattern (as specified in § 430.208(d)), or (2) in accordance with § 531.404(a)(1) of this chapter. These constitute official ratings of record referenced in this chapter.