1. A method performed in a network element operating in a network for reacting to communication performance measurements falling outside of communication performance thresholds, the method comprising the steps of: generating a communication performance measurement between a first endpoint and a second endpoint, wherein each endpoint is a point of communication in the network and at least the first endpoint resides on the network element; retrieving a communication performance threshold; determining whether the communication performance measurement falls outside of the communication performance threshold; generating a trigger associated with the communication performance measurement and the communication performance threshold when it is determined that the communication performance measurement falls outside of the communication performance threshold; retrieving a registered handler associated with the generated trigger to indicate that the registered handler requires execution in response to the generated trigger; and executing the registered handler.