Short term goals · Quarterly objectives · Component
The measure per objective
One indicator per objective that will settle whether it was met — agreed before the quarter starts.
The deliverable
What it is
One measure is a discipline rather than a simplification. Several allow an objective to be reported as succeeding on whichever one happens to be moving.
Agreeing it before the quarter is what stops it being chosen afterwards to fit the result.
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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 indicator
The single measure that decides whether the objective was met.
2 attributes: Measure · Source
LearnThe baseline
Where the measure stood when the quarter began.
2 attributes: Starting value · Measured on
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A measure agreed after the quarter started is not a measure. It is a description of what happened.
The other components in quarterly objectives
The objective set
Three to five written objectives for the quarter, each with an owner — few enough that they can all be named from memory.
LearnThe review record
The end-of-quarter scoring with the reasoning behind it — the input to the next set rather than a report on the last one.
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