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SMART criteria for goals, objectives, plans, etc.

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# SMART criteria

SMART criteria for goals, objectives, plans, tasks, etc.:

* Specific: target one area clearly and precisely.
* Measurable: quantify progress toward success by using metrics.
* Actionable: able to start, sustain, and complete; achievable.
* Relatable: causally and logically connected; relevant.
* Timely: occurring at a time that is favorable, opportune, and bounded.

Wikipedia: [SMART critera](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMART_criteria)

SMARTER criteria adds two letters:

* Evaluate: examine the work in progress and after, to adjust as needed.
* Reward: Recognize success, acknowledge achievements.

Related FAST criteria:

* Frequently discussed: shape the key discussions for getting work done. 
* Ambitious: intended to satisfy high aspirations and challenging to achieve.
* Specific: target one area clearly and precisely.
* Transparent: open, clear, and shared with the team and organization.

## Specific

Target one area clearly and precisely.

Questions that may help:

* Scope: What is in scope versus out of scope?
* Functionality: What are the inputs, people, processes, and outputs?
* Understanding: What is the terminology, ubiquitous language, etc.?
* Results: What are any objectives, outcomes, impacts?
* Phrasing: Can you use positive phrases and action verbs?

Alternatives:

* Strategic: relating to the identification of long-term or overall aims and interests and the means of achieving them.

## Measurable

Quantify progress toward success by using metrics.

Questions that may help:

* What metrics are being used and why?
* How do measurements help manage the work and improve it?
* What are the key performance indicators?
* What are any leading indicators and lagging indicators?
* How do various stakeholders access the metrics?

Alternatives:

* Motivating: stimulate interest in, or enthusiasm for, doing something.

## Actionable

Achievable, meaning able to start, sustain, and complete.

Questions that may help:

* Who is working on this? List any roles, responsibilities, participants, etc.
* What resources are needed? List any inputs, materials, budgets, approvals, etc.
* How are the challenges? List any risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, etc.

Alternatives:

* Achievable, Accomplishable, Attainable: can be successfully completed.
* Assignable: can be given to a person or team who are responsible.
* Agreed: discussed or negotiated and then accepted by all parties.
* Action-oriented: willing or likely to take practical action to deal with a problem or situation.
* Ambitious: intended to satisfy high aspirations and challenging to achieve.
* Aligned: coming together in agreement or alliance.

## Relatable

Explain causal and logical connections to other areas.

Questions that may help:

* Can you summarize the purpose, rationale, etc.?
* Can you summarize the context, connections, etc.?
* How does this relate to the participants, their roles, and goals?
* How does this interconnect with other work, such as positively or negatively?
* Can you describe the impact, in terms that relate to adjacent goals and plans?

Alternatives:

* Relevant: closely connected to what's happening and being considered.
* Realistic: having or showing a sensible and practical idea of what can be achieved or expected.
* Resourced: provided with materials, money, staff, and other assets necessary for effective operation.
* Reasonable: sensible, appropriate, and fair.
* Results-based: focused on valuable outcomes.

## Timely

Occurring at a favorable or useful time and opportune.

Questions that may help:

* When does this start and finish?
* Why is the timing important? For example a set duration or set deadline?
* Where can participants see a timeline, or calendar, or schedule, etc.?
* How do you track the time spent versus the work in progress?
* Is there anything important that happens before this or after this?

Alternatives:

* Trackable: can be tracked, or monitored, or analyzed.
  Time-based, time-bound, time-boxed, time-limited: for a specified amount time.
* Time-sensitive: has to be done by a particular time, or in a particular period.
* Timeframe: a period of time, especially a specified period in which something happens.
* Testable: able to be tested or tried.
* Transparent: open, clear, and shared with the team and organization.

## Evaluate

Examine the work progress, the participants' performance, and changes over time, and adjust as needed.

Questions that may help:

* What are lessons learned, both during the work and after it?
* What changes are possible, or recommended, during the work and after it?
* How do the participants update their SMART criteria during work in progress?

Alternatives:

* Examine: look at something carefully in order to make judgments.
* Edit: make changes to something in order to improve it.

## Rewardable

Recognize success, acknowledge achievements.

Questions that may help:

* When milestones are reached, what kinds of rewards will be given?
* Do participants have any ideas for rewards, or preferred rewards?
* What are comparable rewards for similar work at other organizations?

Alternatives:

* Reworkable: able to be revised, readjusted, retuned, etc.
* Reviewable: examined, or inspected, or approved.
* Reflectable, Retrospectable: able to be looked back on, such as for lessons learned, or continuous improvement, etc.

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