FAQ
Quick answers to common questions about goals, access, hierarchy, statuses, AI generation, and group goals.
Where do I find goals?
Most people find goals in the main Goals area. Goals may also be opened from profile pages or created from the post-scorecard flow after a completed WeMatter workshop.
What is the difference between a goal, an objective, and an achievable?
The goal is the overall development direction. An objective is a milestone within that direction. An achievable is a concrete action or task beneath the objective.
That hierarchy is what makes the goal trackable rather than vague.
Why do updates matter so much?
Because they keep the goal alive.
Without updates, a goal is mostly a plan. With updates, it becomes an ongoing record of movement, blockers, context, and collaboration.
At objective level, updates can also be tagged to a specific achievable, which helps show exactly which piece of work the update relates to.
Can I tag an update to a specific achievable?
Yes.
When you are adding or editing an update inside an objective, the product lets
you tag that update to one of the objective's achievables. The achievable is
shown with a short label such as a1 or a2.
This is useful because it makes the update more precise and allows the updates view to be filtered down to one achievable when you need to review progress in a more focused way.
Who can edit a goal?
The goal owner can manage their own goal. Goal editors can help manage it on the owner's behalf. Contributors usually support through updates and replies rather than by changing the core goal details.
In some cases, broader organisational roles such as relevant WeMatter leads, admins, and RPO users may also have edit-level access under the product rules.
Can AI generate a goal for me?
Yes, where the workflow allows it.
AI goal generation is a core feature in WeMatter. It can use scorecard, framework, and Foundation context where available to create a stronger first draft.
Can a goal be generated directly after a scorecard?
Yes. After the WeMatter stage is submitted, WeMatter can offer a post-scorecard goal generation flow.
That is one of the most important connected workflows in the product.
What makes a goal overdue?
A goal becomes Overdue when its deadline has passed and it has not been completed.
Overdue is not just another manually chosen status. It reflects timing.
What is the difference between On Track and At Risk?
Those statuses help describe the health of an active goal.
On Track suggests the goal is progressing as intended. At Risk suggests the goal is slipping, blocked, or otherwise less likely to succeed without attention.
When can a goal be marked as achieved?
In the current product, a goal must have at least one objective and all of its objectives must be completed before it can be marked as achieved.
That helps keep the final status aligned with the actual work structure.
What is a group goal?
A group goal groups several participants' goals under one shared business, team, or organisational outcome.
It defines the shared outcome and group objectives. WeMatter then connects that structure to individual goals, so each participant has their own place to work through personal objectives, achievables, and updates.
How do group goals connect to individual goals?
The group goal holds the shared outcome. Each selected participant has a linked individual goal that carries their own contribution to that outcome.
That means a participant can work in their own goal, whilst managers and leads can review progress from the group goal workspace.
What is a group objective?
A group objective is a shared milestone inside a group goal.
Each group objective is connected to participant-specific personal objectives. Those personal objectives sit inside each participant's individual goal and can contain their own achievables and updates.
Do group updates appear in individual goals?
They can.
When an update is posted from a group goal activity thread, WeMatter copies it to the connected individual goal threads. When an update is posted from a group objective activity thread, WeMatter copies it to the connected participant objective threads.
Use that for shared messages that make sense to every connected participant.
How is group progress calculated?
Group progress rolls up from the connected participant objectives and achievables. Group objectives can also have weightings, so some shared milestones can contribute more to the overall group progress than others.
The group workspace shows both the weighted group view and the participant-level view, so you can see overall progress without losing sight of individual movement.
Do goals only matter after scorecards?
No. Goals are strongly connected to scorecards, but they are also their own ongoing workflow.
They sit at the end of the wider WeMatter flow and carry the development work forward over time.
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