This is an excellent and ambitious book. It digs deeply into understanding how dedicated efforts at performance measurement can dramatically improve service quality in public agencies.At a superficial level, it’s a matter of getting the metrics right and tracking them in real time. But at a deeper level, these numbers need to be monitored by managers who know and care about achieving results and who can lead others in their organizations in the same direction.”

Eugene Bardach
Professor of Public Policy
Goldman School of Public Policy
University of California, Berkeley