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Strengthen your legal metrics over time by taking a thoughtful, structured approach to continuous improvement. This section of the Value Alignment Toolkit helps legal departments assess how well their current measurement and reporting practices reflect strategic priorities and business needs.
Learn how to audit your existing metrics, identify strengths and gaps, and prioritize improvements that better demonstrate value across the four pillars: effective, efficient, protect, and enable. With practical guides, worksheets, and best‑practice insights, you’ll be equipped to move beyond one‑time efforts and build a living, adaptable metrics program that evolves alongside the business.

What's included
Download allIntroduction to Audit Your Approach
An overview of the Audit Your Approach process, explaining what it assesses, why it matters, when to conduct one, and how to choose the depth of audit based on your needs.
Audit Your Approach: Best Practice Guide
A step-by-step practical guide for conducting your metrics program audit, from getting ready through gap analysis, synthesizing findings, and communicating results and next steps.
Audit Your Approach: Worksheet
A fillable assessment tool for evaluating your current metrics program across five dimensions (coverage, data collection, engagement, reporting, review) and identifying gaps against best practice.
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