CALAMOPHYTON / INSIGHTS
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The Calamophyton Master Plan
What we are building, and in what order: HARBINGER, PÓLYA, RAIFFA, and EOS beneath them. Judgment stays with people. Evidence belongs to software.
Doctrine #1
The Ground Beneath the Decision
When a decision goes wrong, people ask who made it. That's the wrong question. The only one that matters: what was it standing on?
Calamophyton Explained #1
Calamophyton is not a weapons company
Calamophyton builds software for environments where people and assets move in the real world.
Calamophyton Explained #2
Not every difference is a problem
Differences between records, matters that need checking, and reasons to recalculate prices and terms are not the same thing.
Calamophyton Explained #3
Records retain their relationships.
Connecting records can reveal operational information that no single record provides.
Field essays #1
Interest payments were coming in
A performing classification does not determine the recovery price. Interest payments are not a recovery plan.
TECHNICAL NOTE / HARBINGER
Field data investigation and analysis
HARBINGER finds evidence in observations and reports and verifies its source and timing.
TECHNICAL NOTE / HARBINGER
Tracing analytical evidence
HARBINGER links analysis to its sources and tracks conflicting information and assumptions.
TECHNICAL NOTE / HARBINGER
Detecting differences between records
HARBINGER finds differences between records and checks that they were compared on the same basis.
TECHNICAL NOTE / HARBINGER
Investigating unresolved information
HARBINGER identifies missing information and proposes further investigation.
TECHNICAL NOTE / HARBINGER
Domain-specific analysis
HARBINGER applies domain-specific terminology and rules to analysis.
TECHNICAL NOTE / HARBINGER
Analysis supporting human judgment
HARBINGER presents evidence and conditional analysis. People retain final judgment.
TECHNICAL NOTE / PÓLYA
Verified evidence into one picture of the situation
PÓLYA weaves verified evidence into one picture of the situation. People choose the interpretation.
TECHNICAL NOTE / RAIFFA
Planning against objectives and constraints
RAIFFA lays plan and design options side by side against objectives and constraints.
TECHNICAL NOTE / RAIFFA
Evidence and constraints across alternatives
RAIFFA lays out resources, constraints, and supporting and opposing evidence for each option.
TECHNICAL NOTE / RAIFFA
Reassessing plans after conditions change
RAIFFA analyzes how new information affects assumptions and comparisons.
TECHNICAL NOTE / RAIFFA
The decision and its approval record
RAIFFA keeps a record of who approved what, on what basis. People make the decision.
TECHNICAL NOTE / RAIFFA
Revisiting a decision when its conditions change
When the basis of an approval changes, RAIFFA shows what changed. Whether to decide again is up to people.
TECHNICAL NOTE / RAIFFA
Partially confirmed results and the next decision
When only some results are confirmed, RAIFFA separates confirmed from unconfirmed and lays the next options side by side.
TECHNICAL NOTE / CALAMOPHYTON
Platform adoption and implementation scope
Demo, integration and implementation scope depend on the environment and required capabilities.
TECHNICAL NOTE / CALAMOPHYTON
Field engineering and platform development
Data integration, deployment and field findings inform platform development.
TECHNICAL NOTE / CALAMOPHYTON
Joint development and system integration
We agree on roles, access rights and operational responsibilities for joint development and data integration.