✔ CHECKLIST: CREATING CHECKLISTS

AN EFFECTIVE CHECKLIST IS: ✔

Short, between five and nine items

Focused, describing only the most critical and important steps

Clear, with simple and precise wording

Practical, easy to use, and to the point

Concise, fitting on one page

Easy to read, with no distracting clutter, color, or fonts

Source: Based on Daniel Boorman’s description in Atul Gawande’s The Checklist Manifesto.

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