How To Add an Award Narrative Performance Goal

Narrative goals are question and answer goals. Responsible Individuals may answer the question posed by the goal. An example of a narrative goal is “How successful was the grant-related activity this period?”

1. Open Award Management>Awards.
2. Click the   (View Award icon) next to a lead recipient name.
3. Open the Post-Award tab>Performance>Performance Plan.
4. Click the  (Create icon) in the Icon Bar.
5. In the pop-up window, select a Strategy (optional). This will link the goal to an existing strategy.
6. In the Goal Type dropdown, select Narrative.
7. Add the goal Name.
8. Add the goal Description (optional).
9. Select the Responsible Individual. This list pulls from the recipient's Contacts>Staff. The Responsible Individual can add achievements to the goal and is assigned system-generated tasks related to the goal.
10. Add the Question that the goal will answer.
11. Click Create.