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Active work builds on an artifact above it that was abandoned, marked obsolete, or replaced.

Close this artifact if that closure makes it unnecessary, or move it under an active parent.

This draft needs ratification to take effect, but nobody has edited it recently.

Propose it for ratification if you still want it, or archive it.

More than one open, unarchived artifact has a type that allows only one in this workspace.

Keep the current artifact and close or archive the duplicates.

This artifact is in progress or in review, but it has no priority. You cannot rank it against other in-flight work.

Set a priority so you can rank it against other in-flight work.

This artifact is in progress or in review, but it has no owner.

Assign the person working on it so ownership is clear.

Lifecycle fields on this artifact disagree with each other. For example, an open artifact has a closure reason.

Update the lifecycle state or closure reason so the fields match.

This goal or strategy has no owner. Nobody is accountable for its outcome.

Assign an owner who is responsible for this artifact.

Several top-level goals or strategies have no shared parent, so they may point in competing directions.

Create a shared parent, or decide which one comes first.

No active project serves this persona or addresses this problem definition.

Link the closest project to it. If you are parking it on purpose, close it.

This artifact has children, but none of them are execution artifacts.

Break it into projects or tickets when you are ready to start the work.

A parent of this artifact completed or migrated, but this artifact is still open or a draft. Another parent may still be active.

Close this artifact, move it to an active parent, or keep it open on purpose.

This artifact's parent completed or migrated, but this artifact is still open.

Close this artifact, carry it forward under a new parent, or move it to an active parent.

Two owners are working on overlapping artifacts under the same parent at the same time.

Check whether this overlap is intentional, or defer or merge one of the artifacts.

This goal or strategy has high-priority work below it, but no work under it has an owner.

Urgent work can stall when nobody owns it. Assign an owner to at least one artifact below it.

Nobody has ratified the current version, or its validation has expired.

Ratify a version that has no ratification. If it is already ratified, renew validation without changing who has authority.

Work below this plan keeps changing, but the plan itself has not been updated.

Update the plan to match current work, or acknowledge the difference.

This project is still marked active, but all of its work is closed and nobody has updated it recently.

Close the project if the work is done, or add new work if it is still active.

These two artifacts appear to state conflicting goals or directions.

Review both artifacts. If they conflict, decide which direction is right and update or close the other one.

This child artifact appears to contradict the intent of its parent.

Review both artifacts. If they conflict, reframe, move, or close the child.

This child appears to repeat its parent instead of breaking the work into a specific step.

Review both artifacts. If the child repeats the parent, rewrite it as a specific part of the parent's work.

These two artifacts appear to state the same intent in different places.

Review both artifacts. If they overlap, merge them into one artifact or clarify how they differ.

This artifact's children pull in unrelated directions instead of supporting one shared purpose.

Check whether these children belong under this parent, or move them under different parents.

This artifact does not meet its type, writing, or specification rubric.

Revise its text or specifications before the next update.

This goal or strategy states a measurable target, but no work below it addresses that target.

Create work that addresses the metric, or remove the metric if it no longer applies.

Work is concentrated in one priority or branch, or has no priority set.

Check whether this distribution matches your priorities.