Elementum

Outcome to Indicator Translator.

Translate each intended change into a few honest indicators that genuinely stand for it, guarded against measuring only what is easy to count.

The first step of building the system, once your outcomes are defined.

Outcome

The observable signs it is happening

Reject the convenient proxies. For each indicator, is this a genuine sign of the change, or just something easy to count that stands near it? Drop the merely convenient

Guard against gaming. For each indicator: if we improved this number without the real change happening, would we be fooling ourselves? Fix or drop any that could be gamed

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