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RMP.4:8 - Common Anti-Patterns and How to Avoid Them

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The final methods account replaces every earlier plan.The critic loses the timing and content of commitments.Retain surviving versions and distinguish reconstruction from prospective intention.
Missingness, exclusion and failed work all become “cleaning.”Different threats to the result become indistinguishable.Preserve each consequential event, its supported reason and effect on the receiving use.
A repository link is treated as criticism-ready access.The material may not survive, be accessible or contain the needed detail.Establish the actual material and access for the named examination.
A redacted summary inherits every claim of the original.Hidden detail may be essential for the proposed criticism.State which examination each view supports and obtain permitted access or narrow the use.
More records are treated as more warrant.Volume cannot settle truth or compensate for missing decisive material.Connect the records to a particular examination and leave scientific judgement to its Method.
An AI suggestion or citation enters the evidence chain without a human check.Preserving an output does not establish its truth or source existence.Retain the contribution and the responsible person’s verification, rejection or revision.
A run with substituted inputs is reported as replay of the original computation.It tests a different input arrangement and cannot recover missing original inputs, decisions or service state.State exactly what the new work tested and preserve its separate trace.