{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/follow-the-cause-chain-until-you-reach-a-changeable-contradiction",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0439",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Follow the cause chain until you reach a changeable contradiction",
  "summary": "'Human error' and 'system complexity' are endpoints only if you intend to fix nothing.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "Start from the harmful effect and repeatedly ask what conditions directly produce it. For each link, record the evidence and whether the condition is necessary, sufficient or only contributory. Stop when you reach a mechanism or contradiction that can be changed without merely renaming the symptom.",
  "limits": [
    "Cause chains can oversimplify feedback systems; use a loop or system model when causes and effects reinforce one another."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-triz-structured-invention"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-B80A0933AB71939D"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "The TRIZ Body of Knowledge includes cause-effect analysis for formulating key problems rather than stopping at the first observed symptom.",
      "source_id": "RS-B80A0933AB71939D",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Cause-effect chains remain hypotheses until supported by observation or testing.",
      "locator": "System analysis methods: cause-effect analysis"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "The team stops at a symptom or keeps producing root causes too broad to act on."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Cause chains can oversimplify feedback systems; use a loop or system model when causes and effects reinforce one another."
  ],
  "example": "Wrong partner data may trace through an unprocessed IDoc, then a channel-specific mapping gap, then conflicting requirements around filtering and completeness.",
  "check": "The chain ends in a specific changeable mechanism or contradiction, not a personality label or generic abstraction.",
  "steps": [
    "The chain ends in a specific changeable mechanism or contradiction, not a personality label or generic abstraction."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-B80A0933AB71939D",
      "title": "TRIZ Body of Knowledge",
      "url": "https://new.aitriz.org/triz/triz-body-of-knowledge"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0439",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0429",
      "type": "useful_with",
      "url": "/knowledge/name-what-improves-and-what-gets-worse"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-0176FEADE3BB023B",
      "title": "Resolve the contradiction instead of polishing the compromise",
      "url": "/collections/resolve-the-contradiction-instead-of-polishing-the-compromise"
    }
  ]
}