QUESTION / 01WORKING HYPOTHESIS
When does a difference become material?
A natural sentence can still change a promise. We want to know which differences deserve a release owner’s attention and which are acceptable adaptation.
WHAT WE WANT TO TEST
Explicit constraints may help reviewers distinguish acceptable adaptation from a change in meaning more consistently.
How we would examine it
- 01Compare reviews made with and without a written constraint brief.
- 02Ask reviewers to explain disagreements about claims, conditions, and reader actions.
- 03Track which findings lead to a correction or an explicit acceptance.
AN ILLUSTRATIVE QUESTION
‘Available to new customers’ becomes ‘Available to customers.’ The missing condition changes who can act on the offer.
A useful outcome
A clearer way to describe material meaning changes, with examples of both acceptable variation and concerns that require a decision.