outcome
Decision coverage
Did the packet provide enough evidence to make the intended synthesis decision?
Accepted packets that support the stated decision divided by completed packets, with return reasons.
Discover and Synthesize Process Evidence← Process Library
Process family
Lock Method
3 connected processes, ordered by what depends on what, with the objects handed from one to the next and the measures that sense the family's performance.
Chain · 3 processes
- 01Discover and Synthesize Process Evidence
Find process knowledge in Lock’s existing Book Profiles, Bicycle Guides, CanonicAI outputs, and Corpus Library without creating a second corpus or mistaking extracted material for a Lock standard.
Lock reference · DraftLeads the chain · no in-family handoff
- 02Architect a People Management System
Turn a business and workforce need into a coherent target system before individual policies, processes, practices, or technologies are designed.
Lock reference · Draft- Handoff from Discover and Synthesize Process Evidence · trigger — Architecture requires evidence beyond the current approved estate.
- Carries · Process Evidence Packet
- 03Design and Govern a People Policy
Create a policy that expresses authorized principles, requirements, rights, boundaries, decisions, and exceptions—and connect it to the processes and practices that make it operable.
Lock reference · Draft- Handoff from Architect a People Management System · trigger — The system roadmap authorizes policy design or revision.
- Carries · Policy Design Charter · Target System Architecture
- Handoff from Discover and Synthesize Process Evidence · trigger — Policy design or review requires evidence beyond authoritative requirements and current operating records.
- Carries · Process Evidence Packet
Measures · 18
quality
Traceability completeness
Can material candidate claims be traced to stable sources and permitted use?
Material candidate claims with source identity, locator, version, rights, and mapping divided by all material candidate claims.
Discover and Synthesize Process Evidencecycle-time
Discovery cycle time
How long does an evidence request take from approval to disposition?
Elapsed time by process family, consequence tier, and disposition.
Discover and Synthesize Process Evidenceadoption
Canonical material reuse
Are existing canonical extracts and guides reused before original-source work?
Eligible requests using relevant CanonicAI or Bicycle material before new extraction divided by eligible requests.
Discover and Synthesize Process Evidenceexceptions
Unresolved evidence gaps
Which material evidence gaps remain unresolved or repeatedly recur?
Open gaps by process family, consequence, upstream system, age, and disposition.
Discover and Synthesize Process Evidenceguardrail
Rights and attribution incidents
Did discovery preserve rights, confidentiality, and attribution boundaries?
Confirmed or suspected rights, excerpt, confidentiality, identity, or attribution failures.
Discover and Synthesize Process Evidenceoutcome
Architecture decision quality
Did the architecture enable an approved, coherent system direction and investment decision?
Architecture engagements reaching an accepted decision with no unresolved critical component or interface.
Architect a People Management Systemquality
Design-object coverage
Are all required system objects and material interfaces represented?
Required design objects and interfaces with defined purpose, owner, disposition, and acceptance divided by all identified requirements.
Architect a People Management Systemcycle-time
Architecture cycle time
How long does architecture take from charter to decision?
Elapsed time by system, consequence, scope, evidence readiness, and disposition.
Architect a People Management Systemadoption
Downstream design conformance
Do component designs satisfy the approved architecture and connection requirements?
Reviewed designs accepted without material architecture conflict divided by reviewed designs.
Architect a People Management Systemexceptions
Architecture exceptions
Which unresolved architecture decisions, interface failures, or local deviations threaten coherence?
Open exceptions by severity, component, interface, owner, age, and disposition.
Architect a People Management Systemguardrail
Architecture guardrails
Is system capability being purchased through unacceptable cost, workload, inequity, risk, privacy, safety, quality, or dependency?
Context-specific guardrail set reviewed alongside system outcomes and delivery evidence.
Architect a People Management Systemoutcome
Policy outcome evidence
Is the policy contributing to its intended system outcome?
The policy-specific outcome set interpreted with context, connected-process evidence, and other material influences.
Design and Govern a People Policyquality
Decision quality and consistency
Are materially similar cases receiving justified decisions within policy?
Reviewed decisions meeting policy criteria, authority, rationale, record, and exception requirements, with legitimate variation separated.
Design and Govern a People Policycycle-time
Policy decision cycle time
How long do policy-governed decisions and exceptions take?
Elapsed time by decision/exception type, consequence, population, and disposition.
Design and Govern a People Policyadoption
Policy understanding and controlled use
Can people find, understand, and use the active policy and support path?
Evidence of authoritative-version use, comprehension, support demand, and correct routing for eligible decisions.
Design and Govern a People Policyexceptions
Policy exception pattern
Which exceptions, workarounds, conflicts, and appeals recur or age?
Exceptions by reason, policy clause, process, population, severity, owner, age, and disposition.
Design and Govern a People Policyguardrail
Policy guardrails
Is the policy creating unintended legal, equity, accessibility, privacy, safety, quality, workload, trust, or business harm?
Context-specific guardrail evidence reviewed with outcomes, exceptions, experience, and qualified-owner input.
Design and Govern a People Policy