The positioning statement · The reason to believe · Element
The verification
Whether the basis has been checked by anyone outside.
The part
What it is
External verification is worth disproportionately more than internal confidence, and it is available more often than organisations assume.
Where none exists, saying so internally prevents the claim being used in contexts that require it.
The smallest level
The attributes it carries
Each attribute is one of the framework’s shared types. What a date is, and how it is written, is defined once for the whole model — the note here says what it means in this particular place.
The other elements in the reason to believe
The basis
What the claim actually rests on.
LearnThe durability
How long the reason to believe will remain true.
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