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Framework: ordered state chain
ProOne continuous band keeps two to four states in supplied order. Routed adjacent transitions each own a measured assumption bay directly beneath their link interval, with a raised attachment and clear leader retaining exact transition ownership.
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For theories of change, product or growth hypotheses, onboarding and engagement plans, policy or programme logic and process improvement proposals that explain which supplied assumption must hold for each step from one state to the next. Two to four exact states form one ordered chain; every adjacent pair has one explicitly supplied assumption. Links express proposed logic rather than proven causality, observed outcomes, probabilities, timing or approval gates. Not for peer reasons supporting one claim, independent assumption lists, branching causal networks or guaranteed results.
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