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Common Anti-Patterns

Read time: ~5 minutes · Series: Business & Ops advanced · Previous: vs BI and meetings


Old habits undo Lantide

After rollout, if business / ops still ask for numbers the old way, Plan / Execute boundaries become meaningless. Six anti-patterns from pilots:


Anti-pattern list

# Anti-pattern Why it hurts Fix
1 Verbal metric change, no Plan annotation Meeting agreed, file unchanged, Execute runs old definition Metric change → Plan annotate + Resolve
2 "Execute first, fix later" Formal numbers on wrong metrics; rework costly Six checks before Execute (review Plan)
3 Quick screenshots in weekly / finance No Plan, no limitations, no accountability Label informal or upgrade project through Execute
4 Edit Report prose only, metrics still wrong Numbers and definitions diverge Wrong metrics → new Plan rerun
5 Plan at v3, chat still shares v1 screenshot Decisions on different versions Trust latest Plan / Report in project; chat sends links only
6 Change numbers in HTML only, Report not rerun External story decoupled from formal analysis Wrong calc → new Plan; HTML presentation only (Report to HTML)
7 Never Archive after Resolve Resolved cards clutter panel; hard to find open items After Resolve → Archive; history via View changes

Team norms alignment

PM: rollout playbook Step 3 minimum rules:

  1. External numbers from Executed Report only
  2. Plan reviewed before Execute
  3. Quick results labeled "informal"

Business / ops are the main enforcers—refusing non-compliant numbers beats chasing after the fact.


One thing to do now

Align with analysts: "Numbers I use externally need Executed Report link or HTML; Quick screenshots are reference only."


Next steps