PR-17
Work Started Out of Priority Order
Planning Recommendations
Default severity: medium
PrioritizationEstimationOutputBusiness Value
What it detects
Description is not yet published for this rule in the PRD catalogue.
Detection formula
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- A team shows description is not yet published for this rule in the prd catalogue during analysis.
- Example signal: Description is not yet published for this rule in the PRD catalogue.
Suggested response
Use the advisory outputs to tune refinement, WIP, and planning cadence with data.
Coaching playbook
Symptom
Description is not yet published for this rule in the PRD catalogue.
Why it matters
When "Work Started Out of Priority Order" keeps appearing, the team is signalling a repeatable process gap. Left unexamined, the pattern hides where work really stalls and makes improvement metrics harder to trust.
What you can achieve
Use the advisory outputs to tune refinement, WIP, and planning cadence with data.
Facilitation questions
- What system change would stop "Work Started Out of Priority Order" from firing again?
- What do the cited issues have in common — same root cause or same workaround?
- Who owns the two-week experiment and how will we verify on the next import?
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