Read the score.
Check which outcomes the reward counts.
The score sees only what it counts.
INVESTIGATIONS / VALUE & POWER
Constructed exampleWhat happens when the score becomes the goal?
One effort budget. Two kinds of work. What does the reward recognize?
YOUR TASK / CONSTRUCTED EXAMPLE
Choose what the team should be rewarded for
You’re reviewing a fictional case team’s performance measure. Decide what the reward should recognize. Spend the same effort budget and inspect the cases behind the score.
An evidence trail.
Your decision.
Begin with a provisional judgment
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Keep a private first thought (optional)
Private writing stays out of links and default downloads. A reopened link does not restore it.
This records a provisional judgment and the starting configuration. It does not change a mathematical setting or save automatically.
01 / THE QUESTION
Is a closed case a solved problem?
You have twenty effort units and twenty cases. Resolving a case costs two units. Closing one administratively costs one. Which action does the score reward?
Keep a first thought
Optional. Included only when you explicitly save; excluded from shared links.
Constructed data · every relationship and outcome is supplied.
02 / OPEN THE MODEL
WHAT THE SCORE SEES
15closed casesChanging the reward changes the score. Your case allocation stays fixed.
THE SAME TWENTY EFFORT UNITS
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CASES
C01 · Outcome not yet revealed.
For the selected reward, this model’s highest score uses 0 resolutions. Changing the reward keeps your allocation unchanged.
—Closed casescases
—Confirmed resolutionscases
—Reward · closedclosed cases
Name the outcome before choosing the score.
Counting closures treats a resolution and an administrative closure alike. Counting confirmed resolutions recognizes a different outcome under the same effort budget. Here r means resolutions and c means administrative closures.
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Explore the model and compare working versions
Follow the idea.
A concept, in three framesFollow the effort.
Resolution and closure use effort differently.
Inspect the cases.
A closed case can remain unresolved.
HOLD ONE VERSION STILL
What changes when you change the model?
Keep the current inputs beside your next adjustment.
MODEL & LIMITS
What this model leaves open
This model supplies the action costs and assumes perfect confirmation of resolutions. It does not predict how real people behave or prove that every target fails.
- InputsWhat is supplied?
- DefinitionWhat is counted?
- InferenceWhat follows?
Inspect the exact workings
Effort: 2 × 5 + 10 = 20 units. Distinct acted-on cases: 5 + 10 = 15. Unresolved includes administrative closures and untouched cases: 10 + 5 = 15.
| Resolutions | Administrative closures | Closed | Unresolved | Selected reward |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 closed cases |
| 1 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 closed cases |
| 2 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 closed cases |
| 3 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 closed cases |
| 4 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 closed cases |
| 5 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 15 closed cases |
| 6 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 14 closed cases |
| 7 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 13 closed cases |
| 8 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 12 closed cases |
| 9 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 11 closed cases |
| 10 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 closed cases |
Case ledger: C01 resolved; C02 resolved; C03 resolved; C04 resolved; C05 resolved; C06 administrative; C07 administrative; C08 administrative; C09 administrative; C10 administrative; C11 administrative; C12 administrative; C13 administrative; C14 administrative; C15 administrative; C16 untouched; C17 untouched; C18 untouched; C19 untouched; C20 untouched.
Assumptions, sources and evidence status
Original constructed fixture: constructed-incentives-v1. incentives-v1. No empirical observations are represented by these example counts.
- This is a deterministic constructed model, not an empirical claim about workers or inevitable target failure.
- Confirmed resolutions are assumed to be perfectly observed; real verification can be difficult and costly.
- Switching the reward does not reallocate effort. Closed and resolved counts overlap and must not be added.