Leading indicators · The tracking cadence · Element
The rhythm
How often each indicator is read.
The part
What it is
The rule of thumb is to read at roughly a third of the lag: an indicator that leads by three months is read monthly.
Cadence should be reviewed when the lag changes, which happens more often than people expect.
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.
The other elements in the tracking cadence
The reader
Who takes the reading and who receives it.
LearnThe record
Where readings are kept, so a trend can be seen rather than a point.
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