ADM.4:8 - Common Anti-Patterns and How to Avoid Them

Forcing correct directions to agree. A common ledger replaces both “disbursement” and “receipt” with one participant’s term. Preserve the common transfer and each participant’s relation to it.

Making the identifier do every job. A matching reference is used as proof of identity, amount, settlement and authority. Establish the correspondence, then retain the separate facts each conclusion requires.

Resolving missing effect by copying a status. A payer’s “sent” field is copied as “received” in another account. Obtain evidence of the relevant effect and preserve uncertainty until that evidence or the applicable recovery decision is adequate.

Reconciling different subjects as contradictory views. Negotiating work and travel administration are treated as one result. Identify their subjects and use the appropriate next action for each.