Zone access
Sample
| Zone | Reporting | Heat |
|---|---|---|
| Europe | Normal | 63 |
| MENA / Gulf | Thin | 81 |
| Africa | Silent | 47 |
| Digital & Gray Zones | Normal | 28 |
Sample record. Illustrative data.
Solutions · Public sector and NGOs
Brief decision makers with sources they can check.
Analysts in agencies and NGOs write briefs that others rely on. The brief should show where each line came from and how settled it is.
Details: Public sector and NGOs: the full picture
Public sector and NGOs: the full picture
Access and blackout
Analysts in agencies and NGOs write briefs that others rely on. The brief should show where each line came from and how settled it is.
Two words used on this page
Origin. The first report of a claim. Repeat. A report that only relays another. 7Analytica marks each one, so many repeats are not mistaken for many confirmations.
01 Instrument
Where reporting reaches, and where it does not.
Eight zones, each with an access reading. Choose a zone, or show only the thin and silent ones, and read what the record says about it.
Zone map with access indicators
Sample data
A world map in the Natural Earth projection, divided into seven geographic zones numbered 01 to 07: North America, Europe, Asia, South America and the Caribbean, Africa, MENA and Gulf, and Oceania and Polar, with zone 08, Digital and gray zones, as a strip below. Sample access: open in 01, 02, 03 and 07, thin in 04 and 06, silent in 05, and open in 08.
- Open, solid
- Thin, dashed outline
- Silent, hatched
- Deeper tint is a higher heat reading
Zone 06, MENA / Gulf
Reporting is below its usual rate. Read the heat with caution and note the gap in the brief.
Heat 81 / 100 against a 30-day baseline
Details: Where the work gets hard
Where the work gets hard
Where the work gets hard
A brief that says what happened but not how well it is established is hard to act on and hard to defend. Disagreement between sources tends to be flattened in the summary.
Where reporting reaches, and where it does not.
Eight zones, each with an access reading. Choose a zone, or show only the thin and silent ones, and read what the record says about it.
02 A sample day
From first light to the close.
Scroll through one working day. Each step is written to the record as it happens, in your local time.
07:30
Scan the zones
In the record 8 zones scanned
09:00
Check access
In the record 2 zones thin
11:00
A silence is flagged
In the record Silence flagged
13:30
Examine a contested claim
In the record 2 of 6 axes contested
15:30
Write the brief
In the record Brief drafted
17:00
Seal and issue
In the record Brief sealed, 17:00 local
Details: The whole day, step by step
The whole day, step by step
Sample day
- 07:30 Scan the zones. Heat readings and anomaly flags show where reporting is shifting, with a 30-day baseline for comparison. Record: 8 zones scanned.
- 09:00 Check access. Each zone also shows how much reporting is arriving. Thin coverage in a zone of interest is noted at the top of the brief. Record: 2 zones thin.
- 11:00 A silence is flagged. Coverage inside an active zone drops abnormally. The record says so, and does not read the quiet as calm. Record: Silence flagged.
- 13:30 Examine a contested claim. Three parties give three timings. The six-axis audit shows which parts are settled and which are contested. Record: 2 of 6 axes contested.
- 15:30 Write the brief. The brief keeps the disagreement and cites each statement by reference number. Terms are defined in the glossary. Record: Brief drafted.
- 17:00 Seal and issue. The sealed copy is the version that was issued, whatever changes in the reporting afterwards. Record: Brief sealed, 17:00 local.
A sample day, built from how 7Analytica works. Every step is written to the record as it happens, in your local time.
03 Numbers
What the record is built from.
These are facts about how 7Analytica is made, not results. They are the same for every audience.
8zonesMedia zones
6axesQuestions audited
9pillarsAngles on one event
3tiersAlert tiers
- Zone access
- Gaps marked
- Disagreement preserved
- Citable lines
- Plain language
- Sealed copy
Details: What each number counts
What each number counts
Numbers
- 8 zones: Media zones
- Each read against its own baseline.
- 6 axes: Questions audited
- Who, what, when, where, why and how.
- 9 pillars: Angles on one event
- Economic to technological, side by side.
- 3 tiers: Alert tiers
- Elevated, Critical and Systemic.
These are facts of how 7Analytica is made, not results. They are the same for every audience.
04 Before and after
The same moment, twice.
On one side the work is done from scattered fragments. On the other it is done from the record. This is an illustration, not a result.
Fragments
The brief as it usually goes
The record
The brief as a record
Details: Both versions, line by line
Both versions, line by line
The brief as it usually goes
- A summary that flattens three timings into one
- A confident line with no source behind it
- Silence in a zone read as calm
- Jargon the minister has to ask about
- A later edit nobody can trace
The brief as a record
- Three timings kept, with who gives each
- Each line cites its reference number
- Silent zones marked as gaps
- Terms defined in the glossary
- A sealed copy, the version issued
An illustration of the difference between working from fragments and working from the record.
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What you would be looking at.
Records built from sample data. They show the shape of the work, and are not a claim about any real person or organisation.
Brief
Sample
Situation brief: contested sequence of events
Three parties give three timings. The brief states which statements are primary, which repeat and where the sequence is unresolved.
Contested axes
2
of 6
Primary sources
3
Open questions
2
Sample record. Illustrative data.
Sequence of statements
Sample
Who said what, and when
- 08:10 local
Party A states the crossing closed at dawn. Primary.
Primary - 09:25 local
Party B states it closed at noon. Primary, contradicts A.
Contested - 10:40 local
Nine reports repeat A's timing. One origin.
Repeats - 12:05 local
Third statement gives no time. Question left open.
Open
Sample record. Illustrative data.
Brief
Sample
Situation brief: contested sequence of events
Three parties give three timings. The brief states which statements are primary, which repeat and where the sequence is unresolved.
- Contested axes
- 2 of 6
- Primary sources
- 3
- Open questions
- 2
Sample record. Illustrative data.
The same record, summarised. Each record has a permanent reference, so it can be cited.
The same moment, twice.
An illustration of the difference between working from fragments and working from the record.
In between
2 of 5 lines in the record
2 / 5
- 01Record
Three timings kept, with who gives each
- 02Record
Each line cites its reference number
- 03Fragment
Silence in a zone read as calm
- 04Fragment
Jargon the minister has to ask about
- 05Fragment
A later edit nobody can trace
Drag the slider, or focus it and use the arrow keys.
What you get.
- Disagreement preserved
- Contested points stay contested in the brief, with who says what.
- Citable lines
- Each statement carries the of the source it rests on.
- Gap marking
- Silence in an active is flagged as a signal and not read as calm.
- Plain language
- Terms are defined in the glossary, so non-specialist readers can follow.
- Sealed copy
- A brief is the version that was issued, whatever changes later.
Questions from public sector and ngos.
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