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Documentation Drift Calculator

Measure the evidence chain behind affected guidance. Age is not used as a proxy for correctness, and four distinct gaps are never averaged into one score.

One material change boundary

Enter affected-output counts

Affected documentation outputsGuides, screenshots, procedures, or embedded assets affected by one material product change.Outputs linked to an owning JourneyAffected outputs connected to the outcome they explain.Outputs aligned with the current Journey VersionAffected outputs evaluated against current approved product meaning.Outputs with current approved evidenceAffected outputs backed by current Observations and an effective Decision.Outputs with a current Publication receiptAffected outputs whose approved current version was delivered to the intended Channel.

Freshness chain

Four ratios, no age score

Journey ownership

0 of 0

Not applicableNo affected output inventory.

Version alignment

0 of 0

Not applicableNo affected output inventory.

Evidence currency

0 of 0

Not applicableNo affected output inventory.

Delivery proof

0 of 0

Not applicableNo affected output inventory.

0 outputs lack current delivery proof

Inventory the outputs affected by one material Journey change before measuring drift.

Method

Drift follows product evidence, not the calendar

Ownership links an output to its Journey. Version alignment establishes current product meaning. Evidence currency requires current approved Observations. Delivery proof requires the current approved version to reach its intended Channel. Each later count must be a subset of the earlier one.

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