The promise · The commitment · Element
The sentence
The promise itself, in final wording, treated as fixed.
The part
What it is
Written from the customer’s side and narrow enough that a specific failure is conceivable. Those two properties are what separate it from a slogan.
Length is a constraint rather than a preference. A promise that needs a second sentence is usually two promises with a priority nobody has set.
The smallest level
The attributes it carries
Each attribute is one of the framework’s shared types. What a date is, and how it is written, is defined once for the whole model — the note here says what it means in this particular place.
Promise
The exact wording, fixed so it is not paraphrased differently by each team.
Statement shared typeLanguage
A translated promise can commit to something slightly different; knowing the source settles disputes.
Choice shared typeWord count
A crude check — growth across versions usually means a second promise has attached itself.
Number shared type
The other elements in the commitment
The recipient
Who the promise is made to.
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How the promise has changed, and why.
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