Week 7 Case Review: The commitment memo

Writing down which of the three stalled-gate diagnoses fits your case, and what evidence supports it

5 April 2027

Before the session#

Draft one paragraph naming which of the three diagnoses fits your case and what evidence rules out the other two.

In the session#

Pairs stress-test each other’s memo: the reader’s job is to find the reading of the same evidence that would support a different diagnosis. If they can’t, the memo holds. If they can, the case needs more evidence, not a firmer opinion.

Afterwards#

Keep the memo. Week 8’s case studies draw directly on gates that were misdiagnosed this way, so a clean memo now saves rework later.