{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/use-a-scope-stop-rule-before-preparation-expands-forever",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0810",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Use a scope stop rule before preparation expands forever",
  "summary": "Preparation needs a finish condition, not only a start date.",
  "kind": "heuristic",
  "body": "Define when new scope stops entering the plan. A practical rule is: core criteria have representative samples, major gaps have been rechecked, and remaining additions must close a named assessment-relevant weakness. After that point, spend the available time on retrieval, application, feedback and recovery rather than collecting more material.",
  "limits": [
    "A genuinely new change to the assessment scope can justify reopening the plan. The rule prevents drift, not adaptation."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-assessment-execution-and-pressure"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-40975AC51426EC7C"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "Experimental evidence synthesized across many studies indicates that interventions prompting people to monitor goal progress can improve goal attainment.",
      "source_id": "RS-40975AC51426EC7C",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Monitoring can become counterproductive if the metric is a poor proxy or produces no adjustment.",
      "locator": "Abstract and meta-analysis overview"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "Every completed topic exposes three more possible topics and the plan keeps growing even though the core assessment criteria are already covered."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "A genuinely new change to the assessment scope can justify reopening the plan. The rule prevents drift, not adaptation."
  ],
  "example": "A new SAP note is added only if it fixes a known architecture gap, not because it appeared in search results three days before the assessment.",
  "check": "At least one interesting but nonessential resource is deliberately excluded after the stop rule activates.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-40975AC51426EC7C",
      "title": "Does Monitoring Goal Progress Promote Goal Attainment? A Meta-Analysis of the Experimental Evidence",
      "url": "https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/bul-bul0000025.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0810",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0805",
      "type": "useful_with",
      "url": "/knowledge/recover-from-a-missed-session-by-replanning-not-doubling"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-CA34E7FAC31037A8",
      "title": "Keep assessment preparation executable under pressure",
      "url": "/collections/keep-assessment-preparation-executable-under-pressure"
    }
  ]
}