TQ-06
Missing Acceptance Criteria
Text Quality
Default severity: critical
ProcessMetrics
What it detects
AC field empty on AC-required types; engine finding with text-quality evidence; tests; catalogue.
Detection formula
No published identification formula is available yet for this rule.Examples in practice
- A team shows ac field empty on ac-required types; engine finding with text-quality evidence; tests; catalogue during analysis.
- Example signal: AC field empty on AC-required types; engine finding with text-quality evidence; tests; catalogue.
Suggested response
Review the observation details with the team and agree one concrete next step to reduce recurrence.
Coaching playbook
Symptom
The "Missing Acceptance Criteria" signal shows a repeatable delivery anti-pattern on the cited issues.
Why it matters
When "Missing Acceptance Criteria" 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
Review the observation details with the team and agree one concrete next step to reduce recurrence.
Facilitation questions
- What system change would stop "Missing Acceptance Criteria" 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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