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CHK.1:8 - Common Anti-Patterns and How to Avoid Them

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“Everything ready?” hides independently varying conditions.Split only the distinctions that change the next move, as in the card example.
A copied or generated list supplies its own authority.Recover criterion provenance, receiving use and a plausible uncovered failure.
Every domain instruction becomes a checkbox.Keep the full instruction available and select the questions worth attention at this occasion.
Matching a description is treated as proof of usefulness.Examine the assumption connecting those characteristics to the encompassing use.