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Both Columns

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Everything here, set out by subject. Most people arrive with a specific situation, so the reading paths at the end may be a faster route in.

All 50 notes

Set out as an account: the subject on the left, the notes on the right. The layout is a layout, not a chart — it says nothing about which column is larger. Working that out is what several of these notes are for.

The basics

3 notes

The term covers six things that need different responses. Separating them is most of the work.

Both directions

6 notes

The same records answer both questions. In most measured comparisons the unpaid column is larger, and it is the one with a statutory basis behind it.

Investigation

6 notes

Four system checks before anyone is spoken to, and the four tests that distinguish a real case from an anomaly.

Controls

5 notes

Each method addresses one failure and leaves the others open. Matching the method to the measured problem is the whole decision.

Legal

2 notes

Most of what decides these matters cannot be produced after the fact, and all of it is cheap to capture as habit.

Measuring

2 notes

Six measurements, each an afternoon, that between them replace every industry statistic in this subject.

What not to do

3 notes

The asks that arrive once someone has decided there is a problem, and what to offer instead of each.

Reference

5 notes

The end state as a checklist, the questions the data cannot answer, and where to start depending on your situation.