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Program Alignment Architecture 2014–2015

What is a Program Alignment Architecture?

A Program Alignment Architecture (PAA) is an inventory of all the programs undertaken by a department or agency. The programs are depicted in their logical relationship to each other and to the strategic outcome(s) to which they contribute.

Under the Policy on Management, Resources and Results Structures and the Instructions to Departments for Developing a Management, Resources and Results Structure, departments and agencies must develop a PAA that:

identifies and groups related activities and links them logically to the Strategic Outcomes they support;
provides the framework to link planned resource allocations to each program at all levels of the PAA and against which financial results are reported;
provides the framework to link expected results and performance measures to each program at all levels of the PAA and for which actual results are reported;
provides the framework for those responsible for programs at each level of the PAA so they can commit to the results they intend to achieve with the resources they have been allocated and for which they report inside and outside the department;
establishes the structure for Estimates display and parliamentary reporting;
serves as the basis for resource allocation by Parliament, the Treasury Board and departmental management;
forms the foundation for constructing any horizontal program alignment architectures involving more than one department.

Strategic outcome

The School has a single strategic outcome: "Public Servants have the common knowledge and the leadership and management competencies they require to fulfil their responsibilities in serving Canadians."

Four programs support this strategic outcome:

Foundational Learning
Organizational Leadership Development
Public Sector Management Innovation
Internal Services

This diagram illustrates the School's complete framework of programs, sub-programs and sub-sub-programs which roll up and contribute to progress in achieving the strategic outcome.