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certified report

/ˈsɜːr.tɪ.faɪd rɪˈpɔːrt/ - n.

1 [colloq.] A report stamped trustworthy by whoever was last willing to put their name on it.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. A report formally reviewed and endorsed as accurate, with a named owner accountable for its definitions.

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See also

metric definitionThe document everyone cites and no one has read since the analyst who wrote it left.
report sprawlForty dashboards answering one question, each slightly, confidently wrong.
single source of truthTerm struck pending the definitions of ownership, metric, and certification it depends on; without them the source is single but the truth is plural.