Quarterly objectives · The measure per objective · Element
The indicator
The single measure that decides whether the objective was met.
The part
What it is
The test of a decisive measure is that it would settle an argument. If two reasonable people could still disagree after seeing it, it is not the right one.
Direction matters as much as threshold: whether higher or lower is better should never be inferred.
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 measure per objective
The baseline
Where the measure stood when the quarter began.
LearnThe reading
How often the measure is read during the quarter.
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