Version history
Ideas are not born validated. The record shows how yours got there
Every version is scored and kept, so a pivot is a measurement rather than a fresh start. You can see which change moved which dimension, by how much, and which changes moved nothing at all.
The point is the delta, not the score
A single score tells you where an idea stands. A sequence of them tells you what your changes are worth, which is the more actionable thing and the one nobody keeps track of by hand.
Narrowing the customer usually moves problem intensity and distribution together. Changing who pays moves business model clarity and often nothing else. Seeing that pattern in your own numbers is worth more than reading it here.
Why the failures are kept too
A version that scored worse is not a mistake to be tidied away. It is the evidence that a direction was tested, and the record of it is what stops the same pivot being proposed again in three months by someone who was not in the room.
This is also the honest half of a trajectory that goes up. A chart that only shows improvement is a chart that has been edited.
What it is worth when you are talking to someone else
An investor, a co-founder or a first hire asks the same question in different words: why this shape and not the obvious one. A version history answers it with what you tried and what happened, which is a stronger answer than conviction.
It also dates the reasoning. Knowing that a direction was ruled out against evidence available in March is different from knowing it was ruled out at some point, especially in a market where the evidence moves.
Each analysis includes three free pivots.