WGU C207 Data Driven Decision
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Results-based management (RBM)* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔management
strategy that uses results as the central measurement of performance
Assess: What is the current situation?
Think: What caused it? Who is involved?
Envision: What are we going to achieve?
Plan: How are we going to do it? With whom? When? With what
resources?
Do: Get it done. How is it going? Do we need to adapt?
, Review: What went well/badly? What can we learn for next time?
life-cycle approach - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔dynamic, iterative process of
incorporating changes in a project (or organization) over time by
responding to feedback and adding new technology and new capabilities
Input - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The first step of RBM is to define the resources,
human or financial, used by the RBM system. This could include the people
who are doing the work, the funds used to finance the work, and the
information being accessed.
Activities - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔This second step of RBM involves the process
that converts inputs to outputs. It includes the actions necessary to produce
results. This could include training, evaluating, developing action plans, or
working with media.
Output - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔This third step of RBM is when the outputs have
been created by the RBM activities. This could include goods and services,
publications, systems, evaluations, or changes in skills.
Outcome - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔This fourth step of RBM is the short-term effect
that the outputs will have. It could include greater efficiency, more viability,
better decision making, social action, or changed public opinions.
Making 5 2026 Expert Verified | Ace
the Test
Results-based management (RBM)* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔management
strategy that uses results as the central measurement of performance
Assess: What is the current situation?
Think: What caused it? Who is involved?
Envision: What are we going to achieve?
Plan: How are we going to do it? With whom? When? With what
resources?
Do: Get it done. How is it going? Do we need to adapt?
, Review: What went well/badly? What can we learn for next time?
life-cycle approach - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔dynamic, iterative process of
incorporating changes in a project (or organization) over time by
responding to feedback and adding new technology and new capabilities
Input - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The first step of RBM is to define the resources,
human or financial, used by the RBM system. This could include the people
who are doing the work, the funds used to finance the work, and the
information being accessed.
Activities - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔This second step of RBM involves the process
that converts inputs to outputs. It includes the actions necessary to produce
results. This could include training, evaluating, developing action plans, or
working with media.
Output - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔This third step of RBM is when the outputs have
been created by the RBM activities. This could include goods and services,
publications, systems, evaluations, or changes in skills.
Outcome - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔This fourth step of RBM is the short-term effect
that the outputs will have. It could include greater efficiency, more viability,
better decision making, social action, or changed public opinions.
