Intent, requirements,design, evidence.Aligned.
Engineering artifacts carry intent: why they exist, what they depend on, and what must survive change.
M45 reconnects that intent to the artifact in front of the engineer.
“You should be able to walk away from your requirements, and somebody else should be able to pick them up and recreate the design. Most designs today do not meet that criterion.”
“The certification authority wants to know, 'How have you done that? Why have you traded off this thing for that thing? Why have you made that decision?' But tracking down this evidence is actually very difficult.”
Intent is rich at the center but thin at the edge
Chief engineers and system leads typically know why a requirement exists, which assumptions it carries, and what must survive a change. But the engineer making a detailed change often sees only the local artifact in front of them.
How rework starts
Each local change can look reasonable on its own. The rework appears later, when the team discovers that the details no longer support the original intent.
Failure patterns
Intent not carried. A requirement changes, but the reason it existed is not carried forward.
Evidence reused. A test result gets reused after the design has changed.
Purpose detached. A procedure is updated without its purpose being understood.
Authority drifts. A sign-off is carried forward after the scope of the approval has changed.
“A shocking amount comes from PowerPoint. PowerPoint engineering has become a bad habit.”
“At a certain point, it was about 80% just paperwork and 20% progress.”
Cost of rework at each stage
What the system is supposed to achieve
Formal requirements and architecture
Code, hardware, test
Certification and field use
M45 makes intent visible early, when corrections still cost 1-10x, not 100-1000x.
M45 reduces rework by making program intent visible where engineering work happens
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Help engineers reconstruct intent
Requirements, design notes, tests, and rationale each show a local view of the system. M45 proposes source-grounded intent hypotheses so engineers can judge what a detail is for, what assumptions it relies on, and what must not be lost when that detail changes.
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