The M-CaReM-AI Method: Defining Work for AI / Unit 2 MCM 032 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Material Cause
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The idea
Material cause answers what it is made of: the substance of a thing.
In practice
In a system, that means cases, incidents, applications, customers, decisions, logs, snapshots and documents: the things that actually exist inside it.
Where people slip
The method calls material cause the neglected basement of the house: everyone has opinions about the living room, but a crooked foundation is paid for later.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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