RMP.9:8 - Common Anti-Patterns and How to Avoid Them

Anti-pattern	What fails	Repair
Every criticism becomes a new trial	A determinate correction or adequate present answer is left unfinished while acquisition work grows.	Try the supported answer first; select additional evidence by its effect, attainability and full burden.
No affordable comparison means the Method is adequate	A decision about acquisition is substituted for evidence of suitability.	Preserve the unsupported-use restriction or stop and the unresolved qualification.
Every software change creates a new Method	Implementation and description changes are confused with semantic changes and lose appropriate evidence reuse.	Identify the actual changed subject and qualify only the affected reach.
One metric improves every research tradition	The chosen indicator changes the research purpose or overlooks its criticism.	Compare alternatives under the actual estimand, interpretation or source-use question.
Only successful trials enter the comparison	Failures and non-convergence disappear from the evidence used for the Method decision.	Preserve them and choose their treatment by the comparison’s aim.
New description means successful adoption	An announcement is mistaken for changed practice or an improved result.	Distinguish supplied support, actual use and subsequent evidence.
Every Method revision restarts the research repertoire	Unaffected questions, material and claims are reopened without a changed dependency.	Return only the consequential change to its actual consumer.