| “The pressure came first, so it caused the Method change.” | State a link claim, rivals, diagnostic observations, and the C.28 result required by the receiving use. |
| “The timeline is the explanation.” | Treat it as an index and test explicit links and rivals. |
| “Process tracing proves the causal effect.” | Use it for within-case diagnosis; apply C.28 for the named causal use and lower the verdict when identification, a bound, or estimation required for that use is missing. |
| “Unsupported means the history is useless.” | Retain descriptive sequence and a separately named non-causal hypothesis within their use boundaries. |
| “The history tells us what to implement.” | Send bounded results to a separate authorized architecture decision. |