Reporting · Distribution · Component
The timing check
Whether it arrives before the decision it informs — the check that determines whether good reporting has any effect.
The deliverable
What it is
A thorough report arriving after the decision has been made is a record. Timing failures are more common than content failures and considerably easier to fix.
The check is a calendar comparison and takes minutes: when does the report arrive, and when is the decision taken?
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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 arrival
When the report actually reaches people.
3 attributes: Typical arrival · Variance · On time
LearnThe decision point
When the decision it informs is taken.
3 attributes: Decision taken · Forum · Preparation needed
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Arriving on the morning of the meeting is functionally the same as not arriving.
The other components in distribution
The rhythm
How often each report goes out, matched to the decision it serves rather than to what is convenient to produce.
LearnThe route
How it reaches people — pushed, published or alerted — because each suits a different kind of information.
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