 The Clinical and Translational Science Award, CTSA, Consortium and the National Centre for Advancing Translular Science, NCATS, undertook a common metrics initiative to improve research processes across the National CTSA consortium. The implementation programme included training on the metric operational guidelines, data collection, data reporting system, and performance improvement framework. This article was authored by Denise H. Daudelin, Laura E. Peterson, Lisa C. Wells, and others.