Glossary of Terms

Glossary of common terms to help you get familiar with Everperform's features and language.

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Written by Daniel Spitty
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Below are a few terms that will help you get familiar with Everperform's features and language.

Pulse

A set of factors is sent to a user to be rated, either once off or on a schedule. A pulse can be self-rating (the user is rating themselves) or peer-rating (the user is rating their peers).

Factors, Factor Categories and Factor Types

A contextual question describing an element of performance that a user can rate. Factors are grouped into Factor Categories, which are grouped in Factor Types.

Measures

A measurable value (with or without a target) showing how an individual is performing against key business objectives.

Observations

A comment or reflection on an individual's performance, either from the individual themselves or someone else. It can relate to a factor, observation category or nothing.

Goals

A set of work a user needs to complete to achieve a result.

Milestones and Tasks

A milestone is a stage or step a user should complete to achieve a goal. A task is a small piece of work linked to a milestone that a user should complete to achieve the goal or milestone.

Subjective score

The score for categorical data created based on the pulse outcomes. Example: Wellbeing score.

Objective score

Score with numerical targets or KPIs. Usually, measures. Examples: WIP $, Productivity hours %

Rater

A person who provides feedback or evaluates an employee's performance. This may be an employee's manager, peer, subordinate, or customer.

Ratee

The person who is being evaluated or receiving feedback. This is typically an employee, but it can also be a team, department, or the organisation as a whole.

Factors

An individual contextual question describing an element of performance that a user can rate. Factors are grouped into Factor Categories, which are grouped in Factor Types. Example of a factor: I am feeling good and energised.

Factor Categories

Collection of factors for a specific area. Some factor types include Capacity, connection, mindset, flow, growth, etc.

Factor Types

Collection of Factor Categories grouped together - Example: Well-being, company experience, relationships, etc.

Top factors

Factors for which the user has scored the highest for a period.

Bottom factors

Factors for which the user has scored the lowest for a period.

Observations

A comment or reflection on an individual's performance, either from the individual themselves or someone else. It can relate to a factor, observation category or nothing.

Visualiser

A tool to view the scores and other performance data in a graphical fashion. Located under Analysis -> My Org section of the app.

Compliance rate

Percentage or rate of response to pulse surveys

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