Driver-based model design
Define the causal drivers (volume, price, conversion, capacity) that generate financial outputs so the plan flexes with the business rather than being typed in.
must happen before
1A hard sequencing dependency: the target cannot correctly start until the source is done. The note gives the reason.
The driver structure has to be settled before numbers are loaded into it, or the plan becomes a set of hardcoded line items that cannot be reforecast.
produces
1The modeling object or downloadable deliverable the task creates.
consumes
1A canonical data object the task needs as input.
owned by
1The business-partner org unit accountable for the task.
runs in
1The end-to-end shared-services process the task sits inside.
serves
1The verb-level intent the task exists to satisfy.
Relationships pointing at this node.
performed by
1A job title someone actually holds does this work.