The Lab defines what needs to be learned, how it will be tested and what evidence is needed before committing to the next stage.
Six stages. A decision at every gate.
Each stage records its question, findings, limitations and next decision. Work may advance, return to an earlier stage, pause or close; a promising result does not automatically authorise the next commitment.
Record the problem, its context and the origin of the information. Identify initial restrictions and decide whether discovery is justified.
Investigate the people, setting and existing alternatives. Make assumptions explicit before committing to a solution.
Examine technical and commercial assumptions alongside ownership, privacy, security, safety and resource constraints. Define what a prototype should test.
Build only what is needed to test the agreed hypotheses. Record results, defects and failed assumptions alongside the prototype’s limitations.
Evaluate agreed assumptions in a controlled real or representative setting. Define the participants, duration, safeguards, responsibilities and success criteria before testing.
Review the value proposition, ownership, commercial pathway and responsibilities. Commercialisation requires the relevant corporate approvals.
Hypothetical example: could equipment observations help a maintenance reviewer decide whether an inspection is needed?
Discovery would examine the current review process and available records. Feasibility would ask whether those records are reliable enough for a useful test. A prototype could then organise simulated observations into an evidence record for a reviewer.
Evaluation would compare that review against agreed criteria, including missed conditions and unnecessary alerts. The findings could support further testing, revision or closure; they would not by themselves justify live deployment.
This illustrates the method; it is not a CLARVEX project or a validated result.
Document the method, results and limitations so that decisions can be traced to evidence.
Consider safety, privacy, security, ownership and practical constraints throughout the work.
A stage recommendation does not itself authorise spending, contracts or publication.
Describe the question, the setting, the evidence already available and any constraints on testing or access.
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