Review a key result against its evidence
Check whether a reported result answers the right question before correcting it or choosing the next action.
Review a key result against its evidence
Check whether a reported result answers the right question before correcting it or choosing the next action.
Before you start
Have the underlying source for the latest measurement and know the key result’s population, unit and reporting period. A percentage alone does not explain which work supports it.
Review the result
- Open Goals, expand the correct goal and objective, and open the exact key result. Match its full title, metric, target, unit and period with your source.
- Read Progress, Status and Confidence. Check when the source was measured and whether the record already reflects a later valid result.
- Inspect the available Execution Evidence and related work. A link to a task makes that task findable; it does not by itself show how the result was calculated.
- Identify the issue before changing anything: unfinished work needs action; missing evidence needs a source; an incorrect classification needs correction; different populations or periods need a scope comparison.
- Recalculate against the agreed population. For example, if one of eight reported successes in a fixed set of ten is invalid, the supported result is seven out of ten, or 70%. Do not remove the unsuccessful items to make the percentage look better.
- If a correction is needed, retain its reason with the measurement source. For a direct-percentage key result, use the P progress control described in the previous lesson, wait for the saved detail to settle, and reopen the same record to check it. Do not replace a newer valid checkpoint with an older one.
- Choose the smallest useful next action: complete the missing work, obtain the source, repeat the invalid check, or clarify the measurement scope.
Expected result
The key result has a supported current measurement and a specific next action.
Remember: Overview aggregates and Performance scores may cover different populations and periods. Compare equivalent measures; do not change someone’s rating or diagnose a product fault merely because two screens show different numbers.
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