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Figure Figure 2 From the research bench

The source-to-decision accountability trace

Complete one row for a material intelligence item. The trace is not complete until the later result and its interpretation are recorded.

A six-column worksheet linking a material intelligence item to its source position, decision, business-case assumption, accountable owner, post-approval test, and later result and interpretation.INTELLIGENCEITEM AND SOURCEPOSITIONWhat it says,source, date, andconfidence.DECISION LINKContinue, stop,price, monitor.BUSINESS-CASEASSUMPTIONBenefit or constraintwith denominator andtime window.OWNER ANDAUTHORITYWho can revise,continue, orstop.POST-APPROVALTEST AND DATEWhat will be checkedand against whichbaseline.RESULT ANDINTERPRETATIONWhat happened, whatchanged, and whatremains uncertain.Blank reader-input fields. A completed row is a trace, not proof of benefit. It becomes control only when the result can change adecision or constraint and the owner has authority to act.
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Source: Author's own worksheet. The fields are reader input; no local intelligence item, decision, or realised result is supplied.

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