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Kirkpatrick L1–L4 planning canvas

A single-page canvas I fill in with the sponsor during Discovery, so evaluation is a design constraint instead of an afterthought at launch.

Evaluation Kirkpatrick xAPI

What this is

A one-page canvas with four columns (L1–L4) and three rows: what we’ll measure, how we’ll capture it, who owns the signal. It forces the evaluation conversation to happen at kickoff, not after launch.

How to use it

  1. Fill it out with your sponsor before Design begins.
  2. Every measure gets a data source and an owner.
  3. If the L3 or L4 columns come out blank, that’s a signal — usually the business metric isn’t actually tied to the behavior we’re training.

Why I like it

It surfaces the uncomfortable conversation early: can we actually attribute behavior change to this training, or are we just hoping? Every program I’ve run improves the moment that question is on the table.

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