{
  "author": "Adrian Sutherland",
  "edition": "Version 1.0",
  "prepared": "2026-09",
  "copyright": "2005–2026 Adrian Sutherland",
  "diagrams": [
    {
      "id": "metrics-cycles",
      "title": "Measurement cycles",
      "summary": "Decisions retained through change and use.",
      "kind": "graph",
      "process_areas": true,
      "nodes": [
        {
          "id": "visioning",
          "label": "Visioning",
          "description": "Intended outcomes and quality requirements, with proposed measures.",
          "x": 20,
          "y": 340
        },
        {
          "id": "transforming",
          "label": "Transforming",
          "description": "Baseline, checks and comparison conditions for an increment.",
          "x": 340,
          "y": 340
        },
        {
          "id": "operating",
          "label": "Operating",
          "description": "Recorded observations, missing data and service/capacity trends.",
          "x": 660,
          "y": 340
        },
        {
          "id": "governing",
          "label": "Governing",
          "description": "Agreed definitions, owners and decisions about acceptable quality.",
          "x": 340,
          "y": 25
        }
      ],
      "connections": [
        {
          "from": "visioning",
          "to": "transforming",
          "label": "direction"
        },
        {
          "from": "transforming",
          "to": "visioning",
          "label": "reconsider"
        },
        {
          "from": "transforming",
          "to": "operating",
          "label": "accepted change"
        },
        {
          "from": "operating",
          "to": "transforming",
          "label": "improvement"
        },
        {
          "from": "governing",
          "to": "visioning",
          "label": "priorities"
        },
        {
          "from": "governing",
          "to": "transforming",
          "label": "change authority"
        },
        {
          "from": "governing",
          "to": "operating",
          "label": "policy"
        },
        {
          "from": "operating",
          "to": "governing",
          "label": "findings"
        }
      ],
      "caption": "Version 1.0 · September 2026 · © 2005–2026 Adrian Sutherland. The arrows show selected exchanges and feedback. Work can repeat within any area or reopen a wider decision. Governing applies to direction, change and operation; the areas can overlap. Retain accepted decisions between cycles."
    }
  ]
}