Controlled terminology

Peak Operating Loop glossary

These definitions implement JP-POL-CANON-001 v2.0. They are concise public explanations, not alternate definitions.

Aim

An Aim is the direction leadership chooses. It includes the Long View, Annual Aim, and the initial high-level path of quarterly Moves.

Route

The Route is the complete operating document. It contains five Core Artifacts: the Economic Baseline, Summit and Field Map, Move Scorecard, Operating Seat Map, and Loop Dashboard.

Move

A Move is a current outcome priority with an owner, win condition, deadline, evidence, revision condition, and economic claim. Moves translate the Aim into accountable execution and can change when evidence warrants Adapt or Re-Aim.

Economic Baseline

The Economic Baseline captures the five starting measures before operating changes begin. It makes later claims of improvement testable.

Economic Test

The Economic Test is the quarterly evidence standard for whether the Loop improved operating economics. At least one economic outcome, at least one flow or leverage measure, and at least three of five measures in total must improve; no measure may materially degrade, and the three guardrails must hold over the rolling four-quarter window.

Operating Seat Map

The Operating Seat Map assigns every required company capability to an accountable human, managed-agent, or hybrid seat. It is an allocation of operating capacity, not a reporting hierarchy. This artifact was named the Accountability Chart through methodology v1.0.

Sense

Sense is the controlled process for reviewing internal and external evidence. Seven universal functions are always covered: Values, Marketing Strategist, Customer/Buyer, Market, Governance/Risk, Operating Performance, and Weekly Improvement.

Adapt

Adapt is the decision workflow for a Level 3 signal or an off-track Move. Leadership identifies the root cause, discusses alternatives, and assigns a solution with an owner, dates, proof, and win condition.

Re-Aim

Re-Aim is the response to a Level 4 signal that has met its added burden of proof. It changes priorities, resourcing, offer strategy, governance, or Aim assumptions when waiting until the next planning boundary is economically worse.

Loop Meeting

The Loop Meeting is the weekly seven-segment leadership cadence. It covers opening, Scorecard, Moves, headlines and Sense, tasks, Adapt, and conclusion.

F2L Score

The friction-to-leverage score is one number showing whether AI spend is creating leverage or drag. It belongs to the AI Opportunity Assessment, not the canonical Economic Test.