The Balanced Scorecard is a strategic planning and management framework that helps organizations translate their vision and strategy into action. It provides managers with a comprehensive framework to translate an organization's vision and strategy into a coherent set of performance measures. The Balanced Scorecard identifies financial and non-financial metrics across four key perspectives - financial, customer, internal business processes, and learning and growth. It allows organizations to clarify and update strategy, communicate strategy throughout, and align goals and initiatives for strategic learning and improvement.