{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/limit-weekly-goals-enough-that-progress-can-actually-be-monitored",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0934",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Limit weekly goals enough that progress can actually be monitored",
  "summary": "A goal that disappears into the list stops steering behavior.",
  "kind": "principle",
  "body": "The 2025 knowledge-worker review highlights clarity and monitoring as recurring goal-setting features linked with productivity. Keep the number of active goals small enough that you can state progress and next action for each. Park lower-priority work rather than pretending everything is simultaneously active.",
  "limits": [
    "Optimal goal count depends on role and project structure; the principle is monitorability, not a fixed number."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-execution-rhythm"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-399621F642855083"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "A 2025 systematic review links goal clarity and continuous monitoring with productivity-related outcomes in knowledge work.",
      "source_id": "RS-399621F642855083",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Optimal goal count depends on role and project structure; the principle is monitorability, not a fixed number.",
      "locator": "See source record"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "The weekly plan contains so many goals that none has meaningful progress tracking."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Optimal goal count depends on role and project structure; the principle is monitorability, not a fixed number."
  ],
  "example": "Three monitored weekly outcomes can steer work better than nineteen goals all marked 'in progress.'",
  "check": "Every active goal has visible progress and a current next action.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-399621F642855083",
      "title": "The influence of goal setting on the personal productivity of knowledge workers: a systematic literature review",
      "url": "https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-10-2024-0727"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-86F22D8037A34580",
      "title": "Turn goals into work that finishes and stays finished after hours",
      "url": "/collections/turn-goals-into-work-that-finishes-and-stays-finished-after-hours"
    }
  ]
}