Management System Overview
1. Purpose
This system acts as the "Brain" of the organization. Its purpose is to set direction, align resources, and ensure execution matches strategy. It connects the high-level vision defined in 00 Strategy with the daily operations of the functional areas.
2. Core Principles
- Data-Over-Opinion: Decisions are made based on evidence and metrics from our KPI System, not gut feel.
- Radical Transparency: Goals, progress, and blockers are visible to the relevant teams via MS Loop workspaces.
- Bias for Action: We prioritize rapid iteration over perfect planning (see Decision Making).
- Accountability: Every outcome has a single owner.
3. Tool Stack
- Strategic Documentation: MS Loop. Used for OKRsOKR A goal-setting framework used to define measurable goals and track their outcomes., Meeting Agendas, and Collaborative Decision Logs.
- Task Execution: MS PlannerPlanner Microsoft Planner, a visual task management tool used to track tasks, issues, and project progress.. Used for tracking initiatives, blocking issues, and weekly sprints.
- Analytics: Excel / PowerBI. Used for visualizing KPIsKPI A measurable value that demonstrates how effectively a company is achieving key business objectives. from Sales, Finance, and Marketing.
4. System Components
This system governs the following sub-processes:
- Goal Setting: Defining What matters (OKRsOKR A goal-setting framework used to define measurable goals and track their outcomes.).
- Monitoring: Measuring How we are doing (KPIsKPI A measurable value that demonstrates how effectively a company is achieving key business objectives.).
- Rhythm: The meeting cadence that keeps us synchronized (Operating Rhythm).
- Decision Making: The frameworks for choosing paths.
5. Interactions with Other Systems
- Inputs:
- Financial data from System 07 (Accounting).
- Market feedback from System 03 (Sales) and System 09 (Support).
- Capacity constraints from System 08 (People).
- Outputs:
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