Evidence Record

Evidence summary

Observation of 17 developers identified 21 information types. Design rationale, intended behavior, and causes of program state were often deferred; tasks stalled when the only source was an unavailable coworker.

Interpretation

A handoff artifact should expose rationale, intended behavior, current state, and unresolved causes rather than merely list files changed.

Limitations

One collocated organization and older tooling; the study does not test a handoff intervention.