HCD.18:8 - Common Anti-Patterns and How to Avoid Them

Misuse	Why it changes the wrong decision	Repair
Count every present heading as coverage	The material defines its own denominator and hides omitted work.	Recover the required task and compare its dependencies with the content.
Treat every profile family as a mandatory score	Inert coordinates add effort while an unlisted live property can still be missed.	Select by changed action, evidence, or protection; complete the set for the actual use.
Award 0 for no learner observation	Ignorance becomes a demonstrated material failure.	Return missing evidence and the conclusion it blocks.
Infer material adequacy from an expert’s correct answer	The expert may supply the missing or corrected relation.	Inspect the material and the actual source of the response; obtain audience-compatible evidence if needed.
Copy another programme’s 0–5 values	Identical numbers can encode different fit, repair, and floor meanings.	Retain the original scale and establish only a justified comparison of meanings.
Require construction records for every old book	A current product question is replaced by a historical claim.	Evaluate current support; open source-fidelity or history only when promised or consequential.