Pattern Proposal: Traceable Metric Value Objects
Summary
Measurements are modeled as traceable value-like objects, separating metric identity and value from the broader governance action.
Candidate Pattern
- ID:
traceable-metric-value-objects - Classification: governance
- Maturity: strategic_direction
- Type: emerging
Observed Signals
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Evidence
Supporting Evidence
Scope Assessment
- Evidence Strength: high
- Confidence: high
- Applies to: ideas-to-life-cas
Rationale
- Intent: Make quantitative governance evidence explicit and attributable rather than embedded loosely in summaries or logs.
- Context: Governance health and compliance logic consumes throughput, risk, and metric data.
- Force: Decisions need support from measurable values
- Force: Metrics need provenance or traceability
- Force: Numbers should remain separate from narrative state
Traceability
Artifact source: proposed-patterns