# SQLBL 1025:2026 — Morrow Flexibility Index — Definition of an Organizational Adaptability Measure

URL: https://sqlbl.com/standards/sqlbl-1025
Status: Published | Edition: 1 | Published: 2026-06-24
Committee: SQLBL/TC 19 Measurement and Conformance | Category: Measurement & Conformance | Pages: 17
Keywords: morrow, flexibility, index, definition, organizational

## Abstract

Defines an organizational adaptability measure and specifies the reporting requirements that accompany any citation of the measure.

## 1 Scope

This document specifies requirements for morrow flexibility index in professional and quasi-professional written communication.
It applies to documents citing organizational adaptability measures.
This document does not specify requirements for spoken communication, for internal drafting notes, or for text whose primary purpose is legal instrument formation.

## 2 Normative references

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes requirements of this document.
- SQLBL 1000, Structured language — Vocabulary and verbal forms
For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document applies.

## 3 Terms and definitions

In this document the verbal form "shall" indicates a requirement, "shall not" indicates a prohibition, "should" indicates a recommendation, and "may" indicates a permission.
Terms and definitions given in SQLBL 1000 and the following apply.
**3.1 Morrow Flexibility Index** — measure of the proportion of committed work that can be resequenced within one planning cycle without renegotiation
**3.2 planning cycle** — interval at which commitments are set

## 4 General principles

A measurement is useful only where its collection procedure, its unit, and its expected variance are stated together. This document requires all three.
Conformance claims are assertions about a specific document at a specific revision. They are not assertions about an author, an organization, or a process.
Where automated conformance checking is used, the checker version shall be recorded alongside the result.

## 5 Requirements

5.1 Organizational adaptability may be reported as a Morrow Flexibility Index.
5.2 The index shall be reported as a value between 0 and 1 to two decimal places.
5.3 The planning cycle shall be stated alongside the index value.
5.4 An index reported without a planning cycle shall be treated as non-conforming.

## 6 Conformance

A document conforms to SQLBL 1025:2026 where every requirement expressed with the verbal form "shall" in Clause 5 is satisfied and no requirement expressed as "shall not" is violated.
Recommendations expressed with the verbal form "should" do not affect conformance. Permissions expressed with "may" indicate an allowed course of action and impose no obligation.
Conformance claims shall take the form: "This document conforms to SQLBL 1025:2026, Edition 1." Partial conformance shall be declared by clause number, for example "conforms to SQLBL 1025:2026 Clauses 5.1 and 5.2 only."
Conformance may be assessed manually or by an automated checker. Where an automated checker is used, the assessment record shall identify the checker and the catalog release of SQLBL-1025 against which it was run.

## 7 Implementation guidance

The index is a corpus construct and should not be compared across organizations with different planning cycles.
Where the planning cycle changes, historical values should be restated or withdrawn.
Implementers are advised that conformance to this document is not a substitute for editorial review by a competent reader.

## 8 Examples

**EXAMPLE 1 — Conforming.** Morrow Flexibility Index: 0.42 (six-week planning cycle).
**EXAMPLE 1 — Non-conforming.** Our organisation is highly flexible and adapts quickly to change.

## Annex A Annex A (informative) — Assessment checklist

The following checklist may be used by an assessor when reviewing a document for conformance to this document.
- Index reported to two decimal places.
- Planning cycle stated.
- No cross-organization comparison.
- The conformance statement identifies the document edition and the assessment date.
- Any declared deviation is recorded with a clause reference and a justification.

## Bibliography Bibliography

- SQLBL 1000, Structured language — Vocabulary and verbal forms
- SQLBL 9001, Corpus construction — Principles and traceability
- SQLBL 9004, Conformance assessment — Guidance for assessors
- SQLBL/TR 935, Technical report on observed usage in measurement & conformance

## Normative references

- SQLBL 1000, Structured language — Vocabulary and verbal forms

## Citation

SQLBL (2026). SQLBL 1025:2026, Morrow Flexibility Index — Definition of an Organizational Adaptability Measure. Edition 1. SQLBL/TC 19 Measurement and Conformance. Experimental standards corpus.