The ResourceX priority-based budgeting (PBB) platform helps governments align dollars with values. Our proven, strategic framework transforms and elevates your budgeting process with big-picture strategy, organizational alignment, and targeted community outcomes.
Traditional budgets track line-items across departments, but do not organize by program or activity, making it difficult for stakeholders to understand how line-items contribute to outcomes. Priority-Based Budgeting (PBB) ties each budget request to defined programmatic outcomes and detailed information based on strategic goals. The PBB approach enables organizations to identify revenue opportunities, repurpose and reallocate funds, and create a sustainable and fiscally responsible budget.
“The ResourceX PBB product goes beyond a line-item budget and provides insight into what the government does and how much it costs. Our approach creates a broader understanding of how public funds are applied and identifies wasted or underutilized resources. With useful data and full visibility, budgeting teams can make informed decisions that address the priorities and needs of a community.”
Priority-based budgeting ties each request to defined programmatic outcomes and detailed information based on an organization's goals. The PBB approach enables organizations to easily identify revenue possibilities, allocate and reallocate funds, and create a sustainable and fiscally responsible budget.
Traditional budgeting lacks clear output and makes it difficult to visualize allocation and outcomes. Our PBB platform provides proposed and approved line-item budget data and reporting that increases transparency and communication with leaders and decision makers. Data visualizations also show residents how community input impacts fund allocation and resulting outcomes.
In a deficit, a traditional budget process often attempts to fund the same programs from the previous year at a reduced level. PBB identifies programs that offer the highest value and continues to fund them while reducing service levels, divesting or eliminating lower-value services. PBB puts all of the money on the table to encourage more creative conversations about services.
What is the most important reason to adopt program and priority-based budgeting? The ability to create a more transparent budget and budget development process. PBB creates and promotes data to connect departments and elected officials with the public. The programmatic language establishes a "say what you mean, and mean what you say" budget process that demands accountability.
Priority-based budgets drive smart decision-making. Each program clearly states its purpose, how much it costs to deliver, and how it aligns with the overall priorities of the community. Program data includes critical information about mandates and community reliance on the program. PBB goes beyond traditional budgeting to provide a heightened level of understanding and communicate the impact of funding changes.