A Working Practice
The coordinator's checks may be a useful part of how the process actually works.
Competing ReadingsRisk Reduced Risk Shifted
Synthetic · Simulation/As of
Does a Smooth Process Mean the Design Works on Its Own?
A shared process appears to run without interruption. A coordinator quietly checks missing details before each handover.
- Who Asks
- The coordinator doing the checks
- Who Is Affected
- The receiving teams
- Who Can Revise
- The process designer
Traces in This ScenarioInvented, not observed
The formal record shows completed handovers.
A separate working note records repeated manual corrections.
The Assumption
Completed handovers are assumed to show that the process requires no extra support.
Where the Readings Split
Keep the difference visibleAn Unstated Dependency
The design may rely on work it neither assigns nor protects.
Follow the Risk
Informal checks catch gaps before the receiving team encounters them.
Continuity depends on a person whose corrective work is not part of the plan.