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SMART Goals

SMART Goals express intended improvement through Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound statements, with dated actual results.

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Read freely. Creating a worksheet requires a verified free beta account. No payment or manual beta approval.

When this tool helps

Use it when a team needs an observable improvement goal, baseline, target and deadline.

It makes progress review more objective and prevents a general aspiration from being mistaken for an achieved outcome.

When to choose another method

Use a Project Charter when scope and sponsorship also need agreement. Use Action Plan to assign the tasks intended to reach a goal.

How to use it in CI Tools

Read the guide and agree the question, definitions and required starting information.
Open a separate blank worksheet or the built-in synthetic practice sample. Follow the tool-specific steps and review its warnings.
Check the interpretation and save an editable .citools file to your computer. Keep reports as separate exports.

Follow the SMART Goals instructions step by step

Fictional example snapshot

Order dispatch goal

A fictional supplier improves on-time dispatch.

Selected details from the worked example
Baseline / target	80% → 95% by the end of the quarter
Actual / evidence	96% for the agreed review period; source record checked
Status	Eligible for a reviewed achievement decision

These figures illustrate the method; they are not clinical instructions, universal targets or verified results from a real organization.

Read the complete worked example and its interpretation

Learn the method, then put it into practice

The full guide includes prerequisites, interface-specific steps, two fictional examples, common mistakes and interpretation help. It is available without registration.

SMART Goals: guide & examples