AFTER THE VERDICT
Every Sprint ends with a recommended verdict: Proceed, Pivot, Reset or Stop. Each verdict leads to a different next step, and the client keeps the evidence chain in every case.
Proceed. The evidence chain moves with the decision into execution, or into the confirmatory diligence agenda and the 100-day plan.
→ How a Program runs
→ How an Embedded term runs
Pivot. An adjustment brief names the dimensions that need correcting and the revised hypothesis.
Reset. A record of what was wrong, which focuses the next hypothesis. Usually that is the following Sprint.
Stop. Stop criteria: the record that makes committing no further capital defensible.
The evidence chain moves with the decision into execution, or into the confirmatory diligence agenda and the 100-day plan. Where the work continues with Thing Company, it continues as a Program or an Embedded term.
A Pivot comes with an adjustment brief that names the dimensions to correct and the revised hypothesis. A Reset leaves a record of what was wrong, which focuses the next hypothesis and usually the following Sprint. A Stop comes with stop criteria, the record that makes committing no further capital defensible.
You do. The Findings Brief, the rubric and the interview record are yours, and nothing from your engagement is used in work for anyone else.
No. Thing Company recommends one verdict with the reasoning, and the decision belongs to the sponsor, the funder and anyone else the evidence affects.
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