INTERNAL WORK ORDER

Case Protocol

A case closes only when the evidence survives another person.

Intake

Problem, owner, and evidence named first.

Open

Next action survives without a meeting.

Investigate

Source checked; failure reproduced before theories.

Act

Smallest useful change, recorded precisely.

Verify

Original evidence passes the same test.

Outcome, risk, and sign-off stay attached.

Open a clean case◆Name the actual problem◆Check the source first◆Make one useful change◆Test against original evidence◆Leave a proof receipt◆Assign the next owner◆Close only when verified◆Open a clean case◆Name the actual problem◆Check the source first◆Make one useful change◆Test against original evidence◆Leave a proof receipt◆Assign the next owner◆Close only when verified◆

No proof, no closure.

EVIDENCE BEFORE ACTION PROOF BEFORE CLOSURE

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