Principlev1PR-1456
Test approval gates by measuring how often they change…
Test approval gates by measuring how often they change outcomes—eliminate gates with zero or near-zero impact rates.
Why This Is a Principle
This derives from Every system is perfectly designed to get the results… (systems produce their designed results) and When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good… (when a measure becomes a target it ceases to be a good measure—by extension, when a gate never triggers it ceases to be a useful gate). The principle prescribes data-driven gate removal based on actual impact.