[1] It in many respects is similar to the logical framework approach, a strategy implementation tool used extensively by Non-governmental organizations.
Information (evidence) of the actual results is used for accountability, reporting, communication and to feedback into the design, resourcing and delivery of projects and operational activities.
[3] Results Based Management has been shown to have strong similarities in its design and use to the third-generation balanced scorecard.
[1][4] The framework is largely used in government and charitable organisations, where purely financial measures are not the key drivers and there is no competition to benchmark against, such as the United Nations[5] and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
[9] Results-based budgeting, which is the term for RBM throughout the UN Secretariat, was first applied in the planning of the biennium 2002-2003 and in all programming cycles thereafter.