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Communicate management issues, arguments, outcomes, and negotiated decisions to stakeholders.
This Training Unit aggregates exactly three child Training Items:
Completion requires two naturally occurring Artifact Elements that together provide substantial evidence across the three child Training Items.
AE001 — Management and Technical Reports
Evidentiary purpose: Captures a written management communication that defines a management or coordination issue, identifies the intended audience, states the desired outcome, presents a supported argument, and recommends a decision, response, or next step. this Artifact Element record is designed to evidence issue identification, management communication, supported argument, evidence use, and respectful stakeholder communication.
Minimum characteristics: - States why the communication is being prepared and what decision, action, understanding, agreement, or response it is intended to support. - Identifies the intended audience, stakeholder group, receiver, committee, team, client, decision-maker, or affected group. - Describes the contribution context and defines the management issue, coordination issue, communication gap, stakeholder concern, decision point, or problem requiring attention. - States the intended outcome, decision, response, agreement, action, clarification, change, or next step the communication seeks to support. - Presents the central message, claim, recommendation, position, or decision-support argument. - Provides evidence, examples, observations, management information, stakeholder input, data, context, or reasoning that supports the key message or argument. - Identifies the action, decision, response, meeting, agreement, follow-up, or next step requested or recommended. - Explains how the tone, structure, format, language, or message design was suited to the audience, purpose, context, and stakeholder relationship. - Describes the participant’s role in preparing, revising, delivering, using, or supporting the communication.
A workplace-facing briefing note, issue memo, recommendation report, decision note, stakeholder message, management communication package, or communication report prepared for a defined workplace audience. The artifact must address a workplace management or coordination issue, identify the desired outcome, present evidence or rationale, and recommend a decision, response, or next step.
A civic/community-facing briefing note, issue memo, committee recommendation, event decision note, stakeholder message, coordination communication package, or communication report prepared for a defined civic/community audience. The artifact must address a civic/community coordination or governance issue, identify the desired outcome, present evidence or rationale, and recommend a decision, response, or next step.
Redo (R): Artifact Authenticity Declaration is missing when yes or does not credibly confirms that the participant produced or materially contributed to the artifact submitted for the Training Unit.; the Artifact Element therefore does not yet provide sufficient, attributable evidence of the reposited purpose.
Pass (P): Artifact Authenticity Declaration is present when yes, attributable to an eligible validator, and credibly confirms that the participant produced or materially contributed to the artifact submitted for the Training Unit.; together with the Artifact Element it supports the reposited purpose: Captures a written management communication that defines a management or coordination issue, identifies the intended audience, states the desired outcome, presents a supported argument, and recommends a decision, response, or next step. this Artifact Element record is designed to evidence issue identification, management communication, supported argument, evidence use, and respectful stakeholder communication.
Distinction (D): Not reposited — optional LMO decision. Distinction is unavailable for this component unless the LMO authors and approves a D criterion.
Redo (R): Host Organization Confirmation is missing when conditional or does not credibly confirms that the artifact relates to a genuine contribution context and that the participant had a legitimate role in producing, supporting, delivering, or using the artifact.; the Artifact Element therefore does not yet provide sufficient, attributable evidence of the reposited purpose.
Pass (P): Host Organization Confirmation is present when conditional, attributable to an eligible validator, and credibly confirms that the artifact relates to a genuine contribution context and that the participant had a legitimate role in producing, supporting, delivering, or using the artifact.; together with the Artifact Element it supports the reposited purpose: Captures a written management communication that defines a management or coordination issue, identifies the intended audience, states the desired outcome, presents a supported argument, and recommends a decision, response, or next step. this Artifact Element record is designed to evidence issue identification, management communication, supported argument, evidence use, and respectful stakeholder communication.
Distinction (D): Not reposited — optional LMO decision. Distinction is unavailable for this component unless the LMO authors and approves a D criterion.
Redo (R): Source Data / Record Confirmation is missing when conditional or does not credibly confirms that the artifact draws from appropriate records, data, stakeholder input, meeting records, observations, or source inputs where such inputs are not public or self-generated.; the Artifact Element therefore does not yet provide sufficient, attributable evidence of the reposited purpose.
Pass (P): Source Data / Record Confirmation is present when conditional, attributable to an eligible validator, and credibly confirms that the artifact draws from appropriate records, data, stakeholder input, meeting records, observations, or source inputs where such inputs are not public or self-generated.; together with the Artifact Element it supports the reposited purpose: Captures a written management communication that defines a management or coordination issue, identifies the intended audience, states the desired outcome, presents a supported argument, and recommends a decision, response, or next step. this Artifact Element record is designed to evidence issue identification, management communication, supported argument, evidence use, and respectful stakeholder communication.
Distinction (D): Not reposited — optional LMO decision. Distinction is unavailable for this component unless the LMO authors and approves a D criterion.
AE002 — Presentations & Slide Decks
Evidentiary purpose: Captures a stakeholder-facing presentation that uses a supported argument to advance a proposed decision, negotiated outcome, or stakeholder alignment process. this Artifact Element record is designed to evidence strategic negotiation logic, options and trade-offs, collaborative alignment, respectful stakeholder communication, and an agreed or proposed next step.
Minimum characteristics: - Identifies the topic, setting, audience, and communication purpose. - States the problem, opportunity, stakeholder concern, coordination issue, decision point, negotiation need, or alignment need. - States the desired outcome, agreement, decision, action, clarification, alignment result, or shared next step. - Identifies relevant stakeholder needs, interests, constraints, expectations, concerns, role responsibilities, or conditions affecting the proposed outcome. - Presents evidence, examples, observations, data, management information, stakeholder input, context, or reasoning that supports the argument or recommendation. - Presents relevant options, trade-offs, constraints, risks, benefits, alternatives, implementation implications, or decision consequences. - States the recommended action, proposed agreement, preferred option, negotiation position, stakeholder alignment position, or collaborative response. - Identifies the agreed next step, proposed next step, action owner, decision pathway, meeting, agreement point, follow-up requirement, or unresolved item. Where no agreement has been reached, the artifact must identify the proposed decision pathway or next step. - Explains how the presentation supports cooperation, inclusion, shared responsibility, respectful communication, or stakeholder participation. - Describes the participant’s role in preparing, presenting, supporting, negotiating, facilitating, or using the presentation.
A workplace-facing presentation or slide deck prepared for a defined stakeholder audience to support a decision, agreement, issue resolution, negotiation, or alignment process. The artifact must identify the problem or opportunity, desired outcome, stakeholder interests or constraints, evidence or rationale, options and trade-offs, a recommended or negotiated position, and an agreed or proposed next step.
A civic/community-facing presentation or slide deck prepared for a defined stakeholder audience to support a coordination decision, agreement, issue resolution, negotiation, or alignment process. The artifact must identify the problem or opportunity, desired outcome, stakeholder interests or constraints, evidence or rationale, options and trade-offs, a recommended or negotiated position, and an agreed or proposed next step.
Redo (R): Artifact Authenticity Declaration is missing when yes or does not credibly confirms that the participant produced or materially contributed to the artifact submitted for the Training Unit.; the Artifact Element therefore does not yet provide sufficient, attributable evidence of the reposited purpose.
Pass (P): Artifact Authenticity Declaration is present when yes, attributable to an eligible validator, and credibly confirms that the participant produced or materially contributed to the artifact submitted for the Training Unit.; together with the Artifact Element it supports the reposited purpose: Captures a stakeholder-facing presentation that uses a supported argument to advance a proposed decision, negotiated outcome, or stakeholder alignment process. this Artifact Element record is designed to evidence strategic negotiation logic, options and trade-offs, collaborative alignment, respectful stakeholder communication, and an agreed or proposed next step.
Distinction (D): Not reposited — optional LMO decision. Distinction is unavailable for this component unless the LMO authors and approves a D criterion.
Redo (R): Host Organization Confirmation is missing when conditional or does not credibly confirms that the artifact relates to a genuine contribution context and that the participant had a legitimate role in producing, supporting, presenting, negotiating, facilitating, or using the artifact.; the Artifact Element therefore does not yet provide sufficient, attributable evidence of the reposited purpose.
Pass (P): Host Organization Confirmation is present when conditional, attributable to an eligible validator, and credibly confirms that the artifact relates to a genuine contribution context and that the participant had a legitimate role in producing, supporting, presenting, negotiating, facilitating, or using the artifact.; together with the Artifact Element it supports the reposited purpose: Captures a stakeholder-facing presentation that uses a supported argument to advance a proposed decision, negotiated outcome, or stakeholder alignment process. this Artifact Element record is designed to evidence strategic negotiation logic, options and trade-offs, collaborative alignment, respectful stakeholder communication, and an agreed or proposed next step.
Distinction (D): Not reposited — optional LMO decision. Distinction is unavailable for this component unless the LMO authors and approves a D criterion.
Redo (R): Peer / Team Corroboration is missing when conditional or does not credibly confirms contribution in collaborative activity where the artifact was produced by, presented to, or used within a team, committee, working group, stakeholder group, or coordinated activity.; the Artifact Element therefore does not yet provide sufficient, attributable evidence of the reposited purpose.
Pass (P): Peer / Team Corroboration is present when conditional, attributable to an eligible validator, and credibly confirms contribution in collaborative activity where the artifact was produced by, presented to, or used within a team, committee, working group, stakeholder group, or coordinated activity.; together with the Artifact Element it supports the reposited purpose: Captures a stakeholder-facing presentation that uses a supported argument to advance a proposed decision, negotiated outcome, or stakeholder alignment process. this Artifact Element record is designed to evidence strategic negotiation logic, options and trade-offs, collaborative alignment, respectful stakeholder communication, and an agreed or proposed next step.
Distinction (D): Not reposited — optional LMO decision. Distinction is unavailable for this component unless the LMO authors and approves a D criterion.
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