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Learning path 02

Designing a monitoring system

Move from needs to sources, filters and an operational plan.

≈ 2 h 45 min · Beginner to intermediate

The question it answers

What do we monitor, where, under what rules and for whom?

What you will take away

An operational monitoring plan with coverage, filters and responsibilities.

Start with 2.1

Five lessons

Recommended order. You can start with any of them.
  1. 2.1From context to critical watch factorsHow do we decide what deserves permanent attention without ending up monitoring everything?≈ 25 min · Beginner · You take away a matrix of monitoring priorities
  2. 2.2Universe of sources and coverageHow do you know whether you are observing enough and where you are still blind?≈ 30 min · Beginner · You take away a coverage map with its blind spots
  3. 2.3Capture strategy, filters and qualityHow do we reduce noise without removing important signals?≈ 30 min · Beginner · You take away a filter tested against a sample, with its omissions and false positives
  4. 2.4Roles, governance and disseminationWho does what when a signal appears that could change a decision?≈ 25 min · Intermediate · You take away a one-page operating agreement for dissemination
  5. 2.5Designing the monitoring planHow do you turn all the earlier decisions into a small system that actually keeps running?≈ 55 min · Intermediate · You take away your versioned operational monitoring plan

Lab practice · L02

Monitoring plan builder

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Learning paths

If you come from… 01 · Thinking in terms of intelligenceIf you want to go on… 03 · AI applied to intelligenceOr also… 04 · Method, governance and UNE 166006