Editorial standards

Selection

We publish frameworks that help a reader do a specific kind of thinking: compare options, read an industry, shape a message, or adjust how they lead. We prefer a framework with a documented structure over a metaphor that cannot be applied. We do not publish a page only to fill a category.

Explanation

An article should define the framework, show why it matters, explain the parts and how they relate, and give steps a reader can follow. A diagram has to match the text. The text has to stand on its own if the diagram does not load. Hypothetical examples are labeled. Real published cases are attributed to their sources and are not dressed up with details we did not read.

Sources

Factual claims about a framework’s definition, formula, or history should be traceable to a primary source when one exists: the original article, the author’s organization, or a book by the people who developed it. Secondary explainers can help, but they are not a substitute for the original when the original is public. If accounts of the origin disagree, the article says so instead of picking a tidy inventor story.

We do not invent citations, quotations, dates, or statistics. If a useful claim cannot be checked, it is qualified or left out.

Limitations and alternatives

Each article describes misuse, boundaries, and at least one situation where a different approach is a better fit. Related links point to published articles in this library and say how the frameworks differ. We do not link to a framework we have not published just to look complete.

Updates and corrections

The publication date is the date the article entered this library. If a factual claim is corrected or the explanation is materially revised, the updated date changes and the article says what kind of change it was when that context matters. Wording polish does not need a new date.

FrameworkWorld does not currently publish a public email address. Until a contact path exists, corrections are handled by editing the article in the site’s content collection, keeping the source of the correction with the change, and updating the date. See the contact page for what this site does and does not offer.

Independence

Descriptions of trademarked models, including Situational Leadership and SLII, are independent educational summaries. They are not official training, certification, or a substitute for the owner’s materials. FrameworkWorld is not affiliated with the authors or companies behind the frameworks unless a page explicitly says so.