Stakeholders · Reporting · Component
The report content
What changed, what it means, and what is being done — matched to what the recipient actually has to decide.
The deliverable
What it is
Volume is not thoroughness. A long report that does not help the recipient decide anything is not read, and its length is later cited as evidence that information was provided.
Recipients track deltas. Leading with what changed rather than with what happened is the single largest improvement available to most reports.
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What it is made of
Each element is a constituent part of the component. Follow one to see the attributes it carries.
The changes
What moved since the last report.
3 attributes: What changed · By how much · Direction
LearnThe interpretation
What the change means, which is the part only you can supply.
3 attributes: Interpretation · Confidence · What would change it
LearnThe actions
What is being done about what the report describes.
3 attributes: Action · Owner · By when
Learn
Lead with what changed, not with what happened. Recipients are tracking deltas, not reading a chronicle.