{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/stop-collecting-answers-that-cannot-change-the-next-move",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0758",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Stop collecting answers that cannot change the next move",
  "summary": "Curiosity is cheap; attention and analysis are not.",
  "kind": "heuristic",
  "body": "For each question, ask what answer would change the decision, design, priority or next investigation. Drop or defer questions whose plausible answers lead to the same action. Keep a separate curiosity backlog if the topic may matter later.",
  "limits": [
    "Foundational exploratory research may create value before a concrete product decision exists; define the learning objective instead."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-question-design-and-evidence-elicitation"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-49C81944D7E6105A"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "GOV.UK planning guidance recommends clear, actionable research objectives linked to assumptions and information needed for upcoming decisions.",
      "source_id": "RS-49C81944D7E6105A",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Some exploratory work legitimately starts without a single immediate decision.",
      "locator": "Research objectives and assumptions"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "A research session or stakeholder interview keeps expanding even though many questions are interesting but decision-irrelevant."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Foundational exploratory research may create value before a concrete product decision exists; define the learning objective instead."
  ],
  "example": "A team debating button color drops a demographic question because no plausible answer changes the accessibility fix they must make first.",
  "check": "Every remaining question has an explicit reason for consuming participant or team attention.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-49C81944D7E6105A",
      "title": "Plan a round of user research",
      "url": "https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/user-research/plan-round-of-user-research"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0758",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0759",
      "type": "use_before",
      "url": "/knowledge/end-an-evidence-conversation-with-unknowns-not-false-closure"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-F3F88D2D9DC3D150",
      "title": "Ask questions that produce usable evidence instead of polished generalities",
      "url": "/collections/ask-questions-that-produce-usable-evidence-instead-of-polished-generalities"
    }
  ]
}