03 · Practice Resources
Working material, not commentary
Architects are being sold tools faster than the profession is developing judgment about them. This section is for the practical gap in between: things you can put on a desk Monday morning.
Status
This library was built in the open, one document at a time. All five are published below, free to adapt in whole or in part, with or without credit.
They are working documents rather than finished ones. If one of them breaks when you put it against a real project, that is the most useful thing you could send me. hello@frankcauthen.com
The library
- R1Method + worked example
Brief Conformance Checklist
A method for restating a program document as requirements that can actually be tested, so a scheme can be checked against intent continuously instead of at milestones. Five tests, six steps, and a worked example.
Read it → - R2Scored rubric
Tool Assessment Rubric
Ten questions to ask any vendor, written from the design side rather than the IT side. Four of them are gates. Scored on the quality of the answers, because the software itself cannot be assessed from a demo.
Read it → - R3Pattern library
Critique Prompt Patterns
Eight prompts that make a model argue against a scheme instead of flattering it, each with what to supply, what a useful answer looks like, and how it fails.
Read it → - R4Model policy
Studio Policy Starter
Model clauses a practice can adopt, with commentary on why each is worded the way it is: confidentiality and client data, authorship and review, client disclosure, and what these tools are and are not for.
Read it → - R5Delivery-method matrix
Delivery-Method Notes
How the four delivery methods allocate the exposure machine-assisted work creates. The standard of care did not move, so the agreement you already signed decided who carries it.
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