Strategic goals · Diagnosis · Component
Rejected diagnoses
The other readings that were considered and set aside, with the reason — valuable precisely when the situation changes.
The deliverable
What it is
When a strategy stops working, the discarded reading is often the right one. Keeping the list is what makes that recoverable.
It is the most useful and least kept component in the whole module, because rejecting an idea feels like finishing with it.
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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 alternatives
The readings considered and not chosen.
2 attributes: Alternative reading · Why rejected
LearnThe conditions
What would make each alternative the better reading.
2 attributes: Condition · Likelihood
LearnThe revisits
Occasions where a rejected reading was reconsidered.
2 attributes: Reconsidered · Outcome
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When a strategy stops working, look here first. The reading that was set aside is often the one that was right.
The other components in diagnosis
The diagnosis statement
One paragraph naming the constraint and why it matters now — written before the goal, not reverse-engineered after it.
LearnThe evidence behind it
What the diagnosis is relying on — data, observation, customer input — so the reasoning can be checked rather than accepted.
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