# Check a report before it goes to the board: scoring guide Check a report for wrong or unsupported figures, a figure given two ways and a missing ask, and get a ready, ready after fixes or not ready verdict with a fix list that you decide on. ## How to use it 1. Run the template on your own material, or take an answer you already have. 2. For each criterion below, read the answer against the two lines and tick one: meets or does not meet. Quote what you saw. 3. A criterion marked "checked by you" is yours to mark. An AI cannot meet it for you. 4. Count the ticks for meets, out of 15. Fix the first criterion that is not met and run the guide again. ## The guide ### 1. Every Row Quotes The Report A plain rule you can check by eye. - Meets: Every quote in the table is found word for word in your report. - Does not meet: A quote has been reworded, merged with another or is not in the report. - Your mark: [ ] Meets [ ] Does not meet - What you saw: ### 2. Every Verdict Is One Of The Three Allowed Words A plain rule you can check by eye. - Meets: Every Verdict cell says matches, differs or no source. - Does not meet: A Verdict cell says something else, such as close or roughly right, or is empty. - Your mark: [ ] Meets [ ] Does not meet - What you saw: ### 3. Every Row Is Filled In A plain rule you can check by eye. - Meets: Every row has its appearances, an Agrees answer and a Sum Check filled in. - Does not meet: A row has an empty cell, or a stated total has no sum shown. - Your mark: [ ] Meets [ ] Does not meet - What you saw: ### 4. Every Part Has A Quote Or The Word Missing A plain rule you can check by eye. - Meets: The Ask, Recommendation, Main Risk, Cost Or Effort and If The Board Says No rows each have a quote or the word Missing. - Does not meet: A part has an empty cell, or a part the report lacks has been filled in with words the report does not contain. - Your mark: [ ] Meets [ ] Does not meet - What you saw: ### 5. No Number Appears That The Report Or The Sources Do Not Have A plain rule you can check by eye. - Meets: Every number in the verdict and the fix table is also in your report, your source figures or the ask. - Does not meet: The fix table has a number that none of them has, such as a new total or a step number. - Your mark: [ ] Meets [ ] Does not meet - What you saw: ### 6. Every Type Is One Of The Five Allowed Words A plain rule you can check by eye. - Meets: Every row has number, date, percentage, name or change in the Type column. - Does not meet: A row has another word, or the Type cell is empty. - Your mark: [ ] Meets [ ] Does not meet - What you saw: ### 7. Every Worked-Out Figure Was Recomputed Checked by a second AI prompt. - Meets: Every percentage, total and change has a sum shown, and the sum is right. - Does not meet: A worked-out figure has no sum, or the sum is wrong. - Your mark: [ ] Meets [ ] Does not meet - What you saw: ### 8. Every Source Passage Is In The Source Figures Checked by a second AI prompt. - Meets: Every source passage is in your source figures word for word. - Does not meet: A passage has been reworded or is not in your source figures. - Your mark: [ ] Meets [ ] Does not meet - What you saw: ### 9. Every Agrees Cell Is Yes Or No A plain rule you can check by eye. - Meets: Every Agrees cell says yes or no. - Does not meet: An Agrees cell says something else, or is empty. - Your mark: [ ] Meets [ ] Does not meet - What you saw: ### 10. Every Stated Total Was Added Up Checked by a second AI prompt. - Meets: Every stated total in the report has its sum shown, and the sum is right. - Does not meet: A stated total has no sum, or the sum is wrong. - Your mark: [ ] Meets [ ] Does not meet - What you saw: ### 11. The Opening Paragraph Is Short Enough Checked by a second AI prompt. - Meets: The first paragraph is 120 words or fewer. - Does not meet: The first paragraph is longer, and the check says so with the count. - Your mark: [ ] Meets [ ] Does not meet - What you saw: ### 12. The Line About Reading The Flagged Parts Is There A plain rule you can check by eye. - Meets: The line about the verdict coming from the checks, and about reading the flagged parts yourself, is there word for word. - Does not meet: The line is missing or has been changed into a claim that the report is safe to send. - Your mark: [ ] Meets [ ] Does not meet - What you saw: ### 13. Every Problem Has A Row Checked by a second AI prompt. - Meets: The fix table has one row for each problem the earlier tables raised. - Does not meet: A problem has no row, or a row stands for something no table raised. - Your mark: [ ] Meets [ ] Does not meet - What you saw: ### 14. The Verdict Follows The Written Rule Checked by a second AI prompt. - Meets: The verdict is Not ready if any figure differs or the Ask is Missing, Ready after fixes if any other problem was raised, and Ready by these checks if none was. - Does not meet: The verdict breaks the written rule. - Your mark: [ ] Meets [ ] Does not meet - What you saw: ### 15. A Person Decides Whether To Send, Hold Or Fix Checked by you. - Meets: You looked at each pair of figures that differ, decided which is right, and read the fix list against the verdict. - Does not meet: You send the report on the verdict alone, or change a figure that differs without choosing which one is right. - Your mark: [ ] Meets [ ] Does not meet - What you saw: ## Your result Met ___ of 15 --- From Logic Lab (logiclabhq.com). Free to use and adapt, with credit.