Resources

Methodology, in the open.

Every method note, factsheet and architecture document behind the reports. No account, no email wall. If a figure cannot be sourced it is named as a gap, and these documents say exactly where those gaps are.

Overhead view of a street intersection and surrounding rooftops — Retrieve first, explain second · ABS, DTP, DataVic, Homes Victoria, VCAT · every vintage stated

Method notes

How each report is built.

Retrieval order, source register, scoring construction and the limits of each dataset. Written so a reviewer can check the work.

Housing Needs Assessment methodology

How demand, supply gap and delivery against the state target are derived, why state targets are not subdivided below council level, and what is disclosed rather than estimated.

Council Performance Brief methodology

Indicator sourcing across CSS, PPARS, LGPRF and VAGO, and how peer councils are selected.

Development Alignment Brief methodology

How planning controls, permit history and VCAT outcomes are retrieved and calibrated, including how an unverified control is marked not substantiated.

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Business Investment Report methodology

Small area and LGA resolution against ASGS 2021, retrieval order, peer set construction and the validation applied before any narrative is written.

Deliverable Capacity Index methodology

Scoring construction, contribution yield and the affordable housing sensitivity analysis.

Factsheets

One page per product.

Scope, sections, turnaround and delivery format. Suitable for circulating internally before a procurement conversation.

Products and services overview

Every product on one page: what it answers, who it is for and how it is delivered.

Housing Needs Assessment factsheet

Scope, sections and typical turnaround for the council housing evidence base, including the small area (SA2) evidence layer.

Council Performance Brief factsheet

Benchmarking scope and what the brief surfaces that internal reporting tends to smooth over.

Development Alignment Brief factsheet

Site controls, overlay exposure and approval likelihood, before exchange.

Business Investment Report factsheet

The self serve report: nineteen sections at small area (SA2) or LGA level, national coverage, delivered in under a minute.

Deliverable Capacity Index factsheet

The quarterly subscription index, its scope and its pilot councils.

Platform

How the platform works.

Architecture, data flow and where AI is and is not used.

Platform architecture

How the platform is built, where data is retrieved and how reports are generated and delivered.