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When measuring a team, what matters more than completed processes?

Measure the useful outputs the processes produce.

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  1. The number of meetings held
  2. Useful mission outputs ✔
  3. The thickness of the report

Why: A process is an activity that supports the work. An output shows whether the team actually delivered something that advances the mission.

Huh, didn't know that: At the strategic level, leaders also ask whether outputs create the desired long-term outcomes.

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Why did the process knock on the output's door? It wanted to see results.
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Answer: Useful mission outputs. A process is an activity that supports the work. An output shows whether the team actually delivered something that advances the mission.

  1. Learn to Lead, Volume 3 www.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/L2LVolume_3__LOW_FINAL_4_MAY_13CC68236BDFE.pdf
    it is more important to focus upon outputs than processes
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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