Targets and thresholds · The target · Element

The basis

Where the number came from.

The part

What it is

Process capability, an external benchmark, or what the plan requires. Each produces a different kind of target and a different response when it is missed.

A target from capability is achievable by definition; one from the plan may not be, and that is worth knowing in advance.

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.