What is the cost of refinement?
Accuracy
How exact our work needs to be.
- What level of accuracy is required?
- Where must we be exact?
- Where can we approximate?
- What's the cost of imprecision?
Tolerance
Acceptable variations from the ideal.
- What deviation is acceptable?
- Where is zero tolerance required?
- What ranges are permissible?
- How do we handle borderline cases?
Validation
How we ensure precision.
- How do we verify accuracy?
- What checks must we perform?
- Who validates the precision?
- When do we test accuracy?
Measurement
How we quantify precision.
- What units do we measure in?
- What benchmarks apply?
- How do we calibrate?
- What defines "correct"?
Consistency
Precision across multiple instances.
- Where must everything match exactly?
- What variations are acceptable between instances?
- How do we ensure uniformity?
- What templates or standards apply?
Documentation
How accurately we record our work.
- What level of detail must we capture?
- How precise must our records be?
- What can be summarized?
- What requires exact documentation?