Purpose · Integrity · Component
The gap log
The differences found between stated and enacted purpose, each marked as being closed, tolerated, or not yet decided.
The deliverable
What it is
The point of the log is not to close every gap. Some are deliberate trade-offs the organisation would make again, and pretending otherwise produces a document nobody trusts.
What matters is the distinction between a gap knowingly tolerated and one nobody has noticed. Only the second is dangerous.
One level in
What it is made of
Each element is a constituent part of the component. Follow one to see the attributes it carries.
The decision
Whether the gap is being closed, tolerated, or is still undecided.
3 attributes: Status · Rationale · Decided by
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How the gap has changed since it was first recorded.
2 attributes: First recorded · Direction
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A gap open for three years with the status “being closed” is really a tolerated one. The movement column is what exposes it.
The other components in integrity
The evidence audit
Recent decisions read backwards to infer the purpose they imply — the enacted purpose, as opposed to the stated one.
LearnThe external read
What people outside the organisation say it appears to be for — from customers, new joiners and those who have left.
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