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First Use and Meaning of Smart Acronym
Jaap de Jonge (Editor), Netherlands
"The first known use of the term occured in the November 1981 issue of Management Review by George T. Doran ("There's a S.M.A.R.T. way to write management's goals and objectives." Management Review, Nov 1981, Volume 70 Issue 11.)
There is no consensus about precisely what the 5 or even 7 letters stand for, or even what they mean in any given situation. You are advised to adapt the acronym to your specific demands. Typically accepted values are:
Letter: major term - (minor terms)
S: SPECIFIC - (significant, stretching, simple)
M: MEASURABLE - (meaningful, motivational, manageable)
A: ATTAINABLE - (appropriate, achievable, agreed, assignable, actionable, action-oriented, ambitious, aligned)
R: RELEVANT - (realistic, results/results-focused/results-oriented, resourced, rewarding)
T: TIME-BOUND - (time-oriented, time framed, timed, time-based, timeboxed, timely, time-specific, timetabled, time limited, trackable, tangible)
E: EVALUATE (ethical, excitable, enjoyable, engaging, ecological)
R: REEVALUATE (reward, reassess, revisit, recordable, rewarding, reaching)
Source: Wikipedia." |
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