Asserted · no source
"We need a new homepage. I don't need a test to see that."
HiPPO
Highest Paid Person's Opinion
The most senior person in the room, whose view becomes the plan because of the salary behind it. Sometimes right, almost never checked, and nobody at the table is paid enough to ask.
- Labelled, with a name
Filed as a claim asserted by a person, next to what was observed.
- Ranked on evidence
Ordered by expected impact and the strength of the evidence. Seniority isn't in the formula.
- Overruling goes on record
Dismissing an initiative takes a stated reason, and the reason stays in its history.







