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title: SMART principles
description: "In Chapter 6 we had this as: **S**pecific, **M**easurable, **A**chievable, **R**elevant and **T**ime-framed but apparently the original was **S**pecific, **M**easurable, **A**ssignable, **R**ealistic and **T**ime-framed which is just as good. See nice [wikipedia entry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMART_criteria). #### Chapters Central to Chapter 6."
url: "https://www.psyctc.org/psyctc/glossary2/smart-principles/"
updated: "2021-08-07"
category: All OM book glossary entries
---

# SMART principles

In Chapter 6 we had this as: **S**pecific, **M**easurable, **A**chievable, **R**elevant and **T**ime-framed but apparently the original was **S**pecific, **M**easurable, **A**ssignable, **R**ealistic and **T**ime-framed which is just as good. See nice [wikipedia entry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMART_criteria).

#### Chapters

Central to Chapter 6.