# L3 Expert Succession — Coverage Audit (C′)

Judged on FUNCTION, not vocabulary. Same standard for both. Text judged = between RECOMMENDATION markers.

## Design X (d28)

| # | Component | Status | Note |
|---|-----------|--------|------|
| 1 | Critical Function & SPOF Map | COVERED | "name the critical operation precisely"; two successors so as not to "rebuild a single point of failure." |
| 2 | Tacit-vs-Explicit Triage | COVERED | Insists judgment lives in practice not docs; warns vs hardening into "brittle checklist that pretends every judgment is a rule." |
| 3 | Situated Elicitation in Real Practice | COVERED | Think-aloud on live + replayed cases; deliberately walks past near-misses/failures. |
| 4 | Cue→Interpretation→Action Capture | COVERED | "what they noticed, what they ruled out, what comparing against, why they did/did not follow procedure." |
| 5 | [HARD] Genuine Transfer (coached practice + fading) | COVERED | Four widening stages: shadow → articulate-then-act under coaching → on-call → solo; advance on evidence. |
| 6 | [HARD] Transfer / Capability Validation | COVERED | Final gate = successor handles a NOVEL incident the incumbent never coached, incumbent endorses the reasoning. |
| 7 | [HARD] Expert Incentive Alignment | COVERED | Redefine job to mentoring; recognition + retention/consulting bonus paying only on successor passing the check. |
| 8 | Anti-Gaming / Real-vs-Nominal | COVERED | Success = "can someone else actually do it" never "is it written down"; bonus tied to demonstrated pass. |
| 9 | Independence of the Backup | COVERED | "at least two successors" so the firm does not recreate a single point of failure. |
| 10 | [HARD] Time-Boxed Schedule vs. Deadline | COVERED | "Begin while incumbent still has ample runway; back-load the calendar and you will run out of time on the hard cases." |
| 11 | Provisional / Living Capture w/ Feedback | COVERED | Living case library: worked examples, counterexamples, look-alikes, conditions under which a cue is reliable. |
| 12 | Maintenance & Decay Prevention Post-Departure | MISSING | Library framed as durable backstop, but no assigned owner / continued-exercise to prevent post-exit decay. |
| 13 | Governance: Authority, Access & Role Change | COVERED | Redefines incumbent's job; successor "takes the controls," runs solo — real authority to do the work, not shadow. |

**Design X totals: 12/13 covered. HARD: 4/4 covered.**

## Design Y (d07)

| # | Component | Status | Note |
|---|-----------|--------|------|
| 1 | Critical Function & SPOF Map | MISSING | Speaks of "dependence on this person" generically; never precisely names the capability or scopes minimum survival. |
| 2 | Tacit-vs-Explicit Triage | COVERED | Playbook section "explicitly marking which parts require supervised practice versus which can become routine." |
| 3 | Situated Elicitation in Real Practice | COVERED | Weekly shadowing, debriefs, incident logs, case replays; "what alternatives they rejected." |
| 4 | Cue→Interpretation→Action Capture | COVERED | "cues, judgment calls, thresholds, exceptions"; "what cues mattered, what they considered." |
| 5 | [HARD] Genuine Transfer (coached practice + fading) | COVERED | Mentoring Stream: live work, must explain decisions, expert corrects reasoning; ramps to one month solo. |
| 6 | [HARD] Transfer / Capability Validation | COVERED | Replication Probe on unseen case; Success Gate = handle routine + edge cases unaided for a month, real cases not simulations. |
| 7 | [HARD] Expert Incentive Alignment | COVERED | Consulting/training role + portion of compensation contingent on successors performing independently. |
| 8 | Anti-Gaming / Real-vs-Nominal | COVERED | "not a checklist; it is demonstrated performance… actively used rather than filed away." |
| 9 | Independence of the Backup | COVERED | "two designated successors." |
| 10 | [HARD] Time-Boxed Schedule vs. Deadline | MISSING | Has six-week / four-month durations, but counts forward from now; never anchors to the irreversible retirement date or treats it as a non-recoverable boundary. |
| 11 | Provisional / Living Capture w/ Feedback | COVERED | Playbook reviewed/updated monthly as new cases arise; gaps drive refinement. |
| 12 | Maintenance & Decay Prevention Post-Departure | COVERED | Designated knowledge steward maintains playbook, trains new members; monthly progress reviews. |
| 13 | Governance: Authority, Access & Role Change | COVERED | Role reframed; steward role + governance reviews using performance data. |

**Design Y totals: 11/13 covered. HARD: 3/4 covered (MISSING #10 Time-Boxed Schedule vs. Deadline).**
