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Quality-control protocol

Before any artifact is complete, verify:

  • Source fidelity: substantive DMBOK claims match the source; no fabricated page references, frameworks, roles, metrics, or sequences.
  • Coverage: compare against the pre-draft chapter blueprint.
  • Terminology: friendly explanations supplement but do not replace DAMA terms.
  • Depth: explain what it is, why it exists, how it works, when it is used, who is involved, and how it differs from nearby concepts when relevant.
  • Examples: realistic, specific, and genuinely illustrative.
  • Visual integrity: diagrams do not imply false order, causality, ownership, or hierarchy.
  • Assessment quality: one defensible best answer; plausible distractors; rationales for every option.
  • Weighting discipline: high-weight weak topics receive more practice than low-weight strong topics.
  • Cross-domain consistency: the same role/term/concept is not described differently across packages without reason.
  • Redundancy control: consolidate or link repeated explanation unless repetition is intentional retrieval practice.
  • Learning-function test: every artifact supports LEARN, RECALL, COMPARE, APPLY, TEST, DIAGNOSE, or REVISIT.
  • Beginner comprehension: learner-friendly without losing exam vocabulary.
  • Final readback: inspect the actual native Google artifact and its behavior/structure.
  • Question completeness: no orphan prompts or partially answered questions.

Question-resolution standard

Teaching/reference artifacts

Guided Guides, Exam Maps, visual atlases, Battle Cards, Confusion Book entries, and similar explanatory artifacts use:

❓ Question → ✅ Answer → 🧠 Detailed Explanation → 📖 DMBOK Source

The learner may cover the answer and attempt retrieval first, but the answer remains immediately below.

Scenario Labs

A short related group of questions may appear together, but the immediately following Answer/Rationale must explicitly answer every sub-question.

Dedicated assessment/retrieval artifacts

Question Banks, Teach-Back/Blank-Page Recall, timed drills, mocks, and simulators may separate/hide answers to preserve testing value, but a complete Answer Key/Reconstruction Key/Review screen is mandatory.

Source discipline

Answers to chapter-study questions come from the same controlling DMBOK chapter unless outside research is explicitly requested. If the source does not establish an answer, revise/remove the question or state the limitation.

Visual presentation standard

Default semantic palette:

  • Navy: structure / authority
  • Teal: learning / analysis
  • Orange/Gold: distinction / caution
  • Green: correct answers / successful patterns
  • Red: traps / errors / weaker responses
  • Neutral fills: source notes

Semantic cues include 📘 guide, 🎯 exam target, 🧠 memory, ⚔️ comparison, 🧩 scenario, 🧪 retrieval, 🛠️ repair, 🔎 lookup, 📖 source, ⚠️ caution, 🚨 trap, 🔑 deciding distinction, 🔄 changed condition, ✅ answer.

Use callouts for Exam Trap, Memory Hook, Deciding Distinction, Best Answer, Tempting but Weaker, Change One Fact, Stop and Check, Recognition Cue, Important Nuance, Repair Rule, and Source Anchor.

Google/PDF parity

  • Every completed learner-facing Google Doc receives a same-base-title PDF in the same Drive folder.
  • Reading/printing-oriented Sheets receive PDF exports when practical.
  • PDF comes after content and visual QC.
  • Render/inspect for clipping, overlap, missing glyphs, broken tables, unreadable text, blank/orphan pages, or image defects.
  • When answers change, regenerate the PDF so editable and PDF versions stay materially aligned.

For operational QC prompts, see Chapter Builder — Quality Control.

Source: 00A-01, Sections 12, 13, 19, and 20.