Stage 02
← MethodologyReconstruction
What compression removed is recovered: assumptions, trade-offs, rejected alternatives, constraints, contradictions and unknowns. Everything can be decomposed. Every system is reconstructed before judgement.
§ 02.1
Procedure
Procedure
Each claim is decomposed into the assumptions it requires. Assumptions are written as statements that can be tested, not as intentions.
The system around the artefact is described: inputs, outputs, constraints, feedback, failure modes and dependencies.
Reconstruction is held apart from the source material. The record always shows which statements came from the artefact and which were reconstructed.
§ 02.2
Interface
Inputs and outputs
Inputs
Claim register
Source documents
Participants
Outputs
Assumption register
Trade-off record
Unknowns
Contradictions
Preceded by
01 Compression
Followed by
03 Pressure
A stage is complete when its outputs exist in the record and can be read by someone who was not present.
§ 02.3
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