Performance Terminology Reference

Summary

Audience

Performance stakeholders, product, engineering, QA, support, and architecture.

Reference Content

Term	Source-backed meaning
Review cycle	Tenant-scoped period/container governing appraisal availability and phases
Appraisal	Cycle-scoped aggregate for one subject’s goals, reviews, decision, and lifecycle
Goal	Appraisal-owned objective with metric, weightage, progress/evaluation fields
Review	Appraisal-owned stage record categorized as Self, Manager, or Hr
Calibration	Cycle/status/report terminology and HR-review stage; no dedicated UI workflow
Approval	Transition from HR-reviewed state to approved state; may follow Workflow callback
Reopen	Transition from approved/closed, or Workflow rejection behavior, back into editable flow
Compatibility goal	Transitional flat projection over canonical cycle/appraisal/goal storage
Outbox intent	Locally persisted integration publication intent, not delivery proof
Timeline/audit	Command-coordinated lifecycle evidence persisted with local work

Requires confirmation

Policy ownership, future-state terminology, fine-grained authorization, operational governance, and retirement criteria require confirmation where not implemented.

Source References

• microservices/src/performance-service/Domain/Common/Enums.cs
• microservices/src/performance-service/Domain/ReviewCycle/ReviewCycle.cs
• microservices/src/performance-service/Domain/Appraisal/Appraisal.cs
• microservices/src/performance-service/Domain/Common/PerformanceLifecycleData.cs

Related Articles

• Performance reference
• Performance business documentation

See Also

• Technical documentation
• API documentation

Keywords

• Performance reference
• Source-backed catalog

Revision Information

• Status: Draft
• Last reviewed: 2026-07-17
• Review cycle: Quarterly