# Track Stage — Elaboration

## Criteria Guidance

### Good criteria — concrete and verifiable

- "Status report shows each work package's planned vs actual progress with variance explanation for any item more than 10% off track"
- "Risk register updates include probability and impact reassessments with triggering conditions for each mitigation action"
- "Issue log documents each issue's root cause, owner, target resolution date, and escalation path"

### Bad criteria — vague (no clear check)

- "Progress is tracked"
- "Risks are monitored"
- "Issues are logged"

