Sequence 025 — Chapter 1 applied deepening - lifecycle and issue diagnosis

Stage: Applied Lab Deepening
Source: CDMP Master Execution Manual — Chapter 1

When / purpose

Connect the Chapter 1 asset inventory to lifecycle thinking and distinguish the business problem from data symptoms and technology symptoms.

A useful problem statement identifies the business consequence.
Data symptoms and technology symptoms are related but not interchangeable.
Lifecycle thinking asks what happens from creation/acquisition through use, retention, and disposition.
Controls attach to specific lifecycle risks rather than to vague concerns.

Reopen the Chapter 1 inventory from Sequence 024 and the Meridian Value/Risk & Lifecycle Responsibilities work.
Choose important assets/issues and trace where each is created or acquired, used, changed, shared, retained, and eventually disposed of where applicable.
For each issue, write the business consequence first.
Separate the observed condition into: business consequence, data symptom, technology symptom, and likely Data Management issue.
Identify the lifecycle stage where the risk appears and the control or responsibility that should address it.
Use Requirements Before Technology to verify that you are not jumping from a symptom directly to a tool choice.

Do not diagnose every Meridian problem or prescribe later-chapter solutions. Stay at Chapter 1 Data Management baseline depth.

You can explain why a technology symptom is not automatically the root Data Management problem.

Operationalized from the verified canonical 00C Master Execution Manual and existing Chapter 1 Meridian lab assets; not a verbatim transcription.