The document summarizes the Balanced Scorecard framework. It discusses that the Balanced Scorecard was created in 1992 by Kaplan and Norton to align business activities with organizational strategy. It balances financial and non-financial metrics as well as short-term and long-term measures across four perspectives: financial, customer, internal processes, and learning and growth. The Balanced Scorecard is used to translate strategy into action through strategic maps and scorecards that measure performance against strategic goals. Key success factors for implementation include executive sponsorship, involvement of leaders and employees in development, and viewing it as a long-term process rather than short-term project.