Performance Management–Validation of Rating Distribution Curve During Performance Evaluation Process

Business Requirement

Our organization uses a forced distribution guideline for annual performance evaluations.

Managers are expected to distribute employee ratings according to predefined target percentages.

Example:

Rating Category	Target Distribution
Does Not Meet Expectations	10%
Meets Expectations	80%
Exceeds Expectations	10%

Currently, managers can complete evaluations with unrestricted distributions, for example:

Rating Category	Actual Distribution
Does Not Meet Expectations	0%
Meets Expectations	100%
Exceeds Expectations	0%

This creates challenges related to:

• rating inflation,
• lack of differentiation,
• calibration inconsistencies,
• and excessive manual intervention during calibration sessions.

Desired Functional Behavior

We would like to validate the manager’s rating distribution during the performance evaluation lifecycle.

The validation should: