Reference
What the labels mean
Plain words for the engine's codes. The engine's own sentences are always shown as written.
Four separate statuses
| A. Engine capability: In the engine | Whether the engine has this capability. |
|---|---|
| A. Engine capability: Planned in the POC | Whether the engine has this capability. |
| A. Engine capability: Planned after the POC | Whether the engine has this capability. |
| B. This assessment: Populated and current | Read from this assessment's own snapshot. |
| B. This assessment: Waiting on a person | Read from this assessment's own snapshot. |
| B. This assessment: Not reached yet | Read from this assessment's own snapshot. |
| B. This assessment: Not current | Read from this assessment's own snapshot. |
| B. This assessment: Database predates this layer | Read from this assessment's own snapshot. |
| B. This assessment: Not assessed in this engagement | Read from this assessment's own snapshot. |
| B. This assessment: Can't be read yet | Read from this assessment's own snapshot. |
| C. Workbench screen: Screen available | Every North Star page has its product screen (NS-1). |
| D. Planned later | In neither the engine nor the POC build. Listed on Current vs future. |
The bands
| Internal band | INTERNAL WORKBENCH · NOT A CLIENT DELIVERABLE |
|---|---|
| Synthetic band | SYNTHETIC DEMO · INVENTED EVIDENCE RUN THROUGH THE REAL ENGINE · NOT A CLIENT |
| Concept band | CONCEPT · FICTIONAL · NOT ENGINE DATA |
What's real on these pages
| Normal styling | Read from the engine, at the derived time shown on the page. |
|---|---|
| Engine summary | A sentence built from governed counts only. No executive narrative is recorded in the engine. |
| No governed narrative recorded | A North Star element kept in place, with nothing invented inside it. |
| Not assessed, Not scheduled, Provider not chosen | Honest states: the assessment holds nothing for this slot, and nothing is estimated in its place. |
| Internal only / In the client deliverable | Read from the engine's own client view, item by item. |
| Copy command (Audit / Why? only) | The exact command a person runs. The workbench records nothing. |
| Shape only | A command shown for its shape (demo workspace), not offered. |
The ten pages
| 1. Executive Summary | In the engine (D1 governed assessment package). Screen available. |
|---|---|
| 2. Technology Estate | In the engine (Whole-estate Phases 1 to 3). Screen available. |
| 3. Findings | In the engine (Phase 4 coverage, conditions and findings (C1, P2a), Claims (C2)). Screen available. |
| 4. Recommendations | In the engine (V1.2 decision problems, V1.3 candidate reasoning, P1 records and register, P2b surfacing). Screen available. |
| 5. Future-State Architecture | In the engine (P3 target state). Screen available. |
| 6. Roadmap | In the engine (P4 workstreams, waves, gates and risks). Screen available. |
| 7. Cost & Optimization | Planned after the POC (Money model: outside the POC). Screen available. |
| 8. Evidence & Gaps | In the engine (Whole-estate Phase 4 and D1). Screen available. |
| 9. Audit / Why? | In the engine (D1 trace, plus the estate trace commands). Screen available. |
| 10. Client Deliverable | In the engine (D1-1 package and D1-2 release gate, Block 2 rendering). Screen available. |
Lifecycle phases
| Discover | Set up, Evidence in, Estate connected, Coverage checked |
|---|---|
| Assess | Scope approved, Flags reviewed, Statements decided |
| Recommend | Client goals, Decisions framed, Decisions made |
| Architect | Target described |
| Plan | Plan approved |
| Deliver | Package complete, Released, Deliverable |
Engine stages underneath (status only)
| 1. Set up | The assessment folder and its configuration. |
|---|---|
| 2. Evidence in | The entity projection is current. |
| 3. Estate connected | The relationship projection is current. |
| 4. Coverage checked | The capability layers are current and no area is waiting on a governed input. |
| 5. Scope approved | Approved scopes in the package. |
| 6. Flags reviewed | Flags (conditions) awaiting a person's review. |
| 7. Statements decided | Statements still waiting for a publish or withhold decision. |
| 8. Client goals | Confirmed client goals. |
| 9. Decisions framed | Approved decision problems, and whether each still matches what was approved. |
| 10. Decisions made | Approved decision problems with a recorded decision. |
| 11. Target described | The target state the decisions describe, and any conflict. |
| 12. Plan approved | An approved plan for the approved decisions. |
| 13. Package complete | The package's own completeness check. |
| 14. Released | The latest release record and whether it still matches the package. |
| 15. Deliverable | A rendered client edition whose binding still matches the package and, for a final edition, the current release. |
| Done | Recorded and current. |
| Waiting on a person | A named person needs to act before this counts. |
| Can't proceed yet | Something upstream has to change first. |
| Nothing recorded yet | Nothing exists here yet. That is not the same as zero. |
| Can't be read yet | The engine can't build the package, so this stage can't be read. Nothing was guessed. |
| Planned in the POC (D2) | The client deliverable renderer is planned in the POC (D2). |
Decisions that need a person
| An assessment area is waiting on a governed input | domain_blocked |
|---|---|
| Flags are waiting for a person's review | conditions_awaiting_review |
| Statements need a publish or withhold decision | claims_undecided |
| Decisions are still open | problems_undecided |
| A decision problem no longer matches what it was approved on | problems_not_current |
| Two approved decisions disagree about the target | target_conflicted |
| Approved decisions need an approved plan | plan_required |
| An approved scope no longer matches | populations_not_current |
| The approved estate of record no longer holds | estate_of_record_not_current |
Decision states
| Approved | approved |
|---|---|
| Rejected | rejected |
| Deferred | deferred |
| Needs more evidence | needs_evidence |
| Ready for a person's decision | undecided |
| Out of date | stale |
| Blocked by a prerequisite | blocked |
| Problem not approved yet | problem_not_approved |
| Problem out of date | problem_not_current |
Assessment area statuses
| Assessed | Assessed for every applicable item observed in the supplied evidence. |
|---|---|
| Partly assessed | Partially assessed. What could not be assessed is listed. |
| Couldn't be assessed from the evidence | Could not be assessed from the supplied evidence. |
| Waiting on a governed input | Assessment is waiting on a governed input. |
| Not assessed in this engagement | Not assessed in this engagement. |
| Excluded from scope | Excluded from this engagement's scope. |
Release
| Not released | none |
|---|---|
| Released | current |
| Released, but it no longer matches the package | stale |
| Release withdrawn | withdrawn |
| the package can't be built right now | package_not_buildable |
| the package changed after it was released | package_changed |
| the client view changed after it was released | client_view_changed |
| the package format changed | schema_changed |
| the release record isn't valid | release_record_invalid |
Engine layers
| Up to date | current |
|---|---|
| Not up to date | not_current |
| This database predates it | absent |