SYSE.23:6 - Bias Annotation
Watch for these nine biases:
| Bias | Likely drift | Repair |
|---|---|---|
| claim-kind collapse | Architecture characteristics, holder capability, change-Work results, joint arrangements, and causal contribution are all assigned to one evolvability bearer. | Classify the claim first; identify the subject and evidence required by that claim kind. |
| system-of-interest-only bias | All change difficulty is attributed to the architecture of the project system-of-interest. | Inspect family, builder, platform, Method, Agent, Work, and cross-structure constraints for the named change family. |
| single-score bias | Lead time, option reach, evidence reuse, rollback, defects, and cost collapse into one evolvability number. | Use one characteristic where sufficient or a C.25 quality bundle with visible coordinates and windows; keep Work results and resources under their own subjects. |
| modularity dogma | More modules and interfaces are assumed to mean easier evolution. | Name the change family, coupling affected, interface cost, cross-level conflict, performance loss, and evidence needed. |
| software-transfer bias | Feature flags, CI/CD, fitness functions, or microservices are copied into physical engineering unchanged. | Preserve material configuration, manufacturing, integration, specialist, safety, assurance, release, and service constraints. |
| platform halo | A new engineering platform is assumed to improve product outcomes. | Compare its finite contribution to representative changes of the project system-of-interest and displaced provider burden. |
| automation and AI bias | Variant generation or code change is treated as autonomous whole-project evolution. | Identify the performing Agents, assignments, Work, review, authority, evidence, and release decisions. |
| level-and-stage bias | The project system-of-interest, family, builders, platform, Methods, capabilities, and culture are arranged as one vertical sequence, or genuine part–whole levels disappear with the false stack. | Recover part–whole or membership levels, non-holonic system-of-interest–builder relations, and Work order or overlap separately; state cross-level conflicts when they matter. |
| success-story bias | One fast change is treated as establishing a durable characteristic or cultural improvement. | State the case, exposure, horizon, competing explanations, transfer limit, and later observations required. |