Glossary

Goal

Also called: target

The quantification of a strategic objective for a given period, with a threshold and an accountable owner.

The quantification of a strategic objective for a given period, with a threshold and an accountable owner. It turns an aspiration into a verifiable commitment and must link to at least one indicator.

What separates it from the objective is quantification. With no target, threshold and owner, an objective is a statement of intent: it cannot be missed, and therefore cannot be managed.

Related terms

Initiative

A time-bound effort that mobilizes resources toward one or more strategic objectives.

KPI

A measure that quantifies a declared attribute of something in the architecture, and therefore verifies whether an objective was met.

OKR

A strategy management framework in which objectives express qualitative intent and key results make it measurable and time-bound.

Strategic objective

An outcome the organization commits to achieving within a defined horizon. In the metamodel it is the first object in the chain, and it is not considered governable until quantified into at…

Threshold

The quantification of the tolerance allowed for a satisfaction criterion, with a target, a band and a direction (maximize, minimize or stay within range).