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VLD §03The deliverable

The Opinion.

An opinion is read on one page. And checked on all the others.

What you get

Every finding comes out with the same design: what was claimed, what the evidence supports, what still lies at rest — and the trail that allows a third party to retrace the path.

Illustrative example · does not refer to any real development

VLD · OPINION No. ——— · date ———

Claimed

Evidence examined

State

Caveat

Verified
  1. ①
    Serial and date

    Every opinion has a number, a date and someone responsible. Without that, it is merely commentary.

  2. ②
    Claimed

    The statement as it arrived, unedited.

  3. ③
    State

    Verified or assumed. Never a middle ground.

  4. ④
    Evidence

    A document, primary data or direct observation — with origin, date and who examined it.

  5. ⑤
    Caveat

    What limits the conclusion, stated before anyone needs to ask.

  6. ⑥
    Reproduction

    The path to reach the same result from the same base.

When the opinion stops being optional

There are moments when the narrative costs more than the verification.

Photograph of an old precision scale3
The scale has no opinion. That is why it is trusted.

In all of them, the question is the same. Only the evidence gives the answer.

The words of the opinion

Eight words. Always with the same meaning.

Spines of old books lined up on a shelf17
The vocabulary is the same across every opinion. It is what makes two of them comparable.
01

Verified Verified

Supported by a document, primary data or direct observation. Reproducible by a third party.

02

Assumed Assumed

Claimed and not yet exercised. Named, never hidden.

03

Evidence trail

The origin, the date and the examiner of each piece of evidence. The way back.

04

The third-party test

A competent professional, with the same base, would arrive at the same conclusion.

05

Independence boundary

What binds, what separates and what prevails — in writing.

06

Findings Matrix

Each claim, its state, its evidence and its caveat, in a single table.

07

Caveat

The limit of the conclusion, stated before anyone needs to ask.

08

Reality-check

Proof by the negative: what should fail, we try to make fail.

The full glossary, in the methodology →
Frequently asked questions about the opinion →