Close the Loop
After an experiment or implementation, write what changed in your understanding and what decision changes with it.
Learn
The question
What do we know now that we did not know before?
Do this
- Record the observation before interpreting it.
- Update affected assumptions, requirements, and the next step.
- If nothing changed, ask whether the work answered a real question.
Example
- Observation: provider callbacks retry for three days and may arrive out of order. Learning: order state transitions must be idempotent and monotonic. Next step: model those transitions before wiring the UI.
Ask next
- ?What new evidence exists?
- ?Which belief changed?
- ?What becomes the next question?