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

MisuseWorking repair
“We trialled candidate v2, so the team enacted it.”Keep the reusable way in its candidate account; record only actual Work and independently admitted constituent Methods as enacted.
“The rollout finished, therefore the new Method is adopted.”Separate introduction Work, later operating Work, local decision, and any population-level cultural claim.
“The package passed, so the Method works.”Retain the package result, service conditions, comparison, evidence window, and unsupported causal or transfer claim.
“The dashboard improved after the change.”Recover the observation population, covarying conditions, validity window, and decision that the value can support.
“The new tool created a new Method.”Test whether reusable inputs, operations, applicability, or result semantics changed; otherwise record the tool or description change directly.
“The trial must continue because learning is valuable.”Stop when protection, authority, evidence validity, or a decision-changing comparison is absent.
“One standard branch should replace every local variant.”Retain non-dominated variants for materially different uses and conditions.
“No adverse event occurred, so reliability is established.”State the exposure and observation window; keep broader reliability unresolved.