{ "lesson": "48-discover-the-real-workflow", "title": "Discover the Real Workflow", "questions": [ { "stage": "pre", "question": "Why start with current behavior instead of requested features?", "options": ["The real workflow reveals workarounds, handoffs, state, and constraints", "Features are never useful", "It guarantees production readiness", "It avoids users"], "correct": 0, "explanation": "Requirements emerge from how work actually happens, not only what people request." }, { "stage": "check", "question": "Which is the strongest direct evidence?", "options": ["A user says what usually happens", "A roadmap", "A system trace of the action", "A team guess"], "correct": 2, "explanation": "A trace observes behavior directly rather than reporting or inferring it." }, { "stage": "check", "question": "What four workflow surfaces deserve special attention?", "options": ["Branches, commits, tags, releases", "Friction, hidden state, authority, and exceptions", "Color, font, layout, animation", "Model, tokens, temperature, prompt"], "correct": 1, "explanation": "These surfaces commonly contain the real problem and risk." }, { "stage": "check", "question": "Why preserve workflow variants?", "options": ["An average may describe nobody and erase valid role or risk differences", "Variants are easier to code", "All users are identical", "It removes evidence needs"], "correct": 0, "explanation": "Differences can encode roles, policy, expertise, or legacy state." }, { "stage": "post", "question": "What does a direct-evidence ratio communicate?", "options": ["Deployment cost", "Model accuracy", "Feature completeness", "How much of the workflow is grounded in observation rather than report or inference"], "correct": 3, "explanation": "It keeps the strength of evidence visible." }, { "stage": "post", "question": "What is a hidden workflow step?", "options": ["A public API", "A unit test", "A CSS transition", "Work carried in memory, chat, or personal notes outside the formal process"], "correct": 3, "explanation": "Hidden state often explains why the visible process is incomplete." } ] }