Raw

| Marker | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `▲` | top / answer |
| `●` | first-level group |
| `○` | supporting detail |
| `⚠` | violation (mixed kinds, unexplainable order, false grouping) |
| `↑` | conclusion buried lower than it belongs — promote it |
| `⇄` | wrong order type here |
| `⊗` | overlap (ME broken) |
| `⊕` | gap (CE broken) |
| `✂` | cut, or move to an appendix |

▲ ✂ This memorandum describes how project teams identify and deliver significant profit improvements. ✂ It is organized in six sections:

⚠ ⇄ Background
⚠ ⇄ Principles of the project-team approach
⚠ ⇄ Definition of project work
⚠ ⇄ Organization of the program
⚠ ⇄ Distinctive benefits and results
⚠ ⇄ Conditions required for success

### Findings

| Location | Violation | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| First sentence | Top is a topic label ("describes how"), not an answer to the reader's question. | Replace with one-sentence answer addressing the reader's decision or action need. |
| Heading list | Six groups exceed the 3–4 limit; elements are mixed kinds (context, principles, definition, org, benefits, conditions). | Reduce to 3–4 groups; derive the common kind from the reader's question and regroup. |
| Heading list | Order is unexplainable; reflects report convention rather than time, structure, ranking, deduction, or induction. | Assign a single ordering principle to the groups. |
| Meta-text | "This memorandum describes..." and "It is organized in..." hide the structure and waste attention. | Cut all meta-text; let the hierarchy speak through headings and key lines. |
| Heading list | High risk of non-MECE split due to breadth and lack of clear decomposition field. | Verify boundaries between groups; merge overlaps; ensure the field is fully covered. |

### Score

| Axis | Score |
|---|---|
| Top | 0 |
| Same-kind groups | 0 |
| Order | 0 |
| MECE | 0 |
| Display | 0 |
| **Total** | **0 / 10** |

Band: `0–3` not structured yet

### Three fixes that buy the most

1. Replace the opening sentence with a precise, one-sentence answer to the reader's question.
2. Collapse the six headings into 3–4 first-level groups of the same kind, ordered by a justified principle.
3. Delete all meta-descriptions of the document structure; present the argument directly.