Business Improvement Templates

Artifact Templates — improve-business

Skeletons this metaskill creates in the user's docs/ folder. Extend-only artifacts (CUSTOMER.md, OFFER.md, POSITIONING.md) are governed by the section headings named in each phase — do not restate their skeletons here; add under the exact headings the registry defines.

docs/IMPROVE-BUSINESS-PLAN.md (tracker)

Create on first run with every phase pre-statused. Never shared with another journey.

# Improve Business Plan

## Context
Intake answers, date started, project specifics.

## Phase Status
| Phase | Skill | Status | Artifact | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Diagnose the challenge | good-strategy-bad-strategy | pending | STRATEGY.md | |
| 2 Install execution rhythm | traction-eos | pending | OPERATIONS.md | |
| 3 Manage for output | high-output-management | pending | OPERATIONS.md | |
| 4 Reshape teams | team-topologies | pending | OPERATIONS.md | |
| 5 Re-motivate the team | drive-motivation | pending | OPERATIONS.md | |
| 6 One metric that matters | lean-analytics | pending | METRICS.md | |
| 7 Protect margin | negotiation | pending | CUSTOMER.md | |
| 8 Reprice around value | monetizing-innovation | pending | OFFER.md | |
Statuses: pending · in-progress · awaiting-evidence · done · deferred: <reason> · skipped: <reason>

## Key Decisions
| Date | Phase | Decision | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|

## Next Actions
- [ ] action (owner, due)

docs/STRATEGY.md (Phase 1 creates)

# Strategy

## Diagnosis
The single critical challenge.

## Guiding Policy

## Coherent Actions
| Action | Owner | Due | Status |
|---|---|---|---|

## No-List
What we explicitly will not do.

## Strategy Canvas & ERRC Grid
| Factor | Eliminate | Reduce | Raise | Create |
|---|---|---|---|---|

## Beachhead
Target segment, scoring rationale.

## Whole-Product Checklist
- [ ] gap (owner, priority)

docs/OPERATIONS.md (Phase 2 creates; Phases 3-5 extend)

# Operations

## Vision/Traction Summary
Core values · focus · 10-year/3-year/1-year picture.

## Rocks (this quarter)
| Rock | Owner | Binary done-condition | Status |
|---|---|---|---|

## Team Structure
Accountability chart / team topology; cognitive-load notes.

## Meeting Cadence
| Meeting | Rhythm | Agenda |
|---|---|---|

## Management Leverage
1:1 cadence, delegation decisions.

## Motivation (Autonomy / Mastery / Purpose)
| Lever | Finding | Fix |
|---|---|---|

docs/METRICS.md (Phase 6 creates)

# Metrics

## Stage & One Metric That Matters
OMTM · counter-metric · why now.

## KPI Definitions
| Metric | Definition | Actionable ratio? | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|

## Baselines & Targets
| Metric | Baseline (date) | Target | Line in the sand (miss response) |
|---|---|---|---|

## Funnel
| Stage | Conversion | Benchmark | Bottleneck? |
|---|---|---|---|

## Cohort Notes