KPI management · Definitions · Component
The version record
How the definition has changed, and where the trend breaks as a result.
The deliverable
What it is
A definition change silently breaks the trend. Two years later someone reads a step in the chart as a business event, and it was a definition change nobody recorded.
The choice is between restating history on the new definition and marking the break. Both are defensible; the failure is doing neither.
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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 versions
Each version of the definition, with dates.
3 attributes: Version · Effective from · Approved by
LearnThe break
Where the trend becomes non-comparable.
3 attributes: Break at · Size of break · Marked on charts
LearnThe restatement
Whether history was recalculated on the new basis.
3 attributes: Restated · How far back · Reason
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A step in a chart that was actually a definition change misleads for years. Mark the break or restate.
The other components in definitions
The calculation
How the measure is computed, including what is included and excluded — because the exclusions are where the disagreements live.
LearnThe reproducibility test
Evidence that two people get the same answer from the same definition — the only test that establishes a definition is complete.
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