What they saw

Information the team has that the goal-setter did not.

The part

What it is

This is the element that justifies the whole practice. It captures the knowledge that only exists close to the work.

Over several cycles it also shows which teams are worth consulting earlier next time.

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.

Observation
What the team knows that changes the picture.
Text shared type
Effect on the ask
Whether it makes the ask easier, harder or differently shaped.
Choice shared type