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ME.16:8 - Common Anti-Patterns and How to Avoid Them

Anti-patternRepair
“We trained everyone and rolled out the Method.”Name the actual training or development result, introduction Work, later Work, and every unobserved position.
“The tool was available, so the Method was used.”Recover actual performer Work, enacted Method, direct tool-use relation, and result.
“Management sponsored it, so the team was authorized.”Recover assignment, permission or authority, Agent basis, and scope separately.
“Results improved after launch, so the Method caused them.”State timing, alternatives, covarying changes, contribution basis, and residual uncertainty.
“Several projects used it, so the culture adopted it.”Use ME.17 only when a named cultural relation and population evidence exist.