In a cyclical goal attack, progress is defined as reducing the target process to less than what percentage?

• A. Less than 20%
• B. Less than 50%
• C. Less than 10%
• D. Less than 5%

Answer: (A)

In cyclical goal attack, progress is measured by how much of the target process remains. When that remaining amount drops to under about one-fifth of its starting level, the cycle is considered complete and you can move to the next cycle. The threshold of less than twenty percent signals that substantial improvement has been achieved while still being realistic to reach within one cycle.

Why this threshold fits best: dropping to under 20% shows a meaningful reduction—most of the work has been done—without demanding an overly aggressive target that would be hard to hit in a single cycle. A threshold of under 50% would still leave half of the original problem unresolved, which isn’t as strong an indicator of nearing completion. Thresholds of 10% or 5% are much more ambitious and may be impractical to achieve in a typical cycle, making the approach too rigid.

So, reducing the target process to less than twenty percent of its initial level is the most balanced and practical criterion for marking progress in this framework.