Development Record
UXR Framework Maturity Map
A dimension-by-dimension map of what UXR has established, what remains conceptual, and what still requires testing or implementation.
Document status: Current project record
UXR does not mature all at once. Ethical principles, scientific methods, legal safeguards, operational systems, quantitative tools, and governance structures develop at different rates. This map prevents progress in one dimension from being mistaken for completion in another.
Dimension | Current state | What completion would require
Ethical and constitutional foundation | Developed and open for public review | Continued stress testing, transparent revision, and durable governance enforcement
Conceptual taxonomy | Extensive and actively evolving | Cross-domain testing, definition stability, and evidence that terms improve analysis
Relationship-to-burden architecture | Conceptually developed | Research methods capable of detecting avoidance, adaptation, proxy burden, and unexpressed loss
Evidence principles | Defined at a high level and being applied in bounded case work | Broader pilots, provenance procedures, privacy design, confidence methods, correction, and appeal testing
Core analytical sequence | Defined and integrated into a bounded live case lifecycle | Broader lifecycle testing across domains, institutions, outcomes, corrections, and verification
Operational intake | Bounded contributor-to-case workflow operational; broad public intake not launched | Accessible public intake, safety testing, continuity, privacy controls, staffing, and scalable operations
Case data architecture | Operational in a bounded pilot | Broader corpus testing, correction/versioning procedures, governance enforcement, and durability at scale
Quantitative measurement | Requirements and cautions identified | Validated baselines, sampling methods, uncertainty reporting, distribution analysis, and reliability testing
Human Time Dividend | Developing measurement concept | Defensible baselines, population definitions, uncertainty, distribution, and verified outcome preservation
Domain-specific rubrics | Not yet developed | Domain expertise, cross-domain consistency, pilots, and published acceptance tests
Blue Score | Not operational | Validated categories, weighting, anti-gaming safeguards, appeals, versioning, and predictive usefulness
Case publication | Operational in a limited public pilot | Broader evidence review, institutional response, correction, verification, anonymization, and long-duration monitoring tests
Governance enforcement | Principles and commitments documented | Legal structure, appointment rules, disclosures, conflicts controls, succession, and enforceable remedies
Legal review | Not completed | Qualified jurisdiction-specific review of operations, publication, privacy, marks, licensing, and certification
Protection and provenance | Public notices and internal publication records exist | External archival deposits, repository history, permanent identifiers, registrations, and durable succession controls
Pilot validation | Limited real-world case pilot underway; validation not complete | A larger and more varied set of pilots with published failures, corrections, method changes, and reliability evidence
What Changed Recently
Several capabilities previously described as planned or conceptual are now operating in bounded form: case architecture, contributor-to-case workflow, public case publication, related-incident grouping, resolution-layer tracking, and a public Cases registry. That is operational progress, not proof of scientific validation.
How to Read This Map
Developed does not mean beyond criticism. Published does not mean universally validated. Operational in a bounded pilot does not mean mature at scale. Scientific in method does not mean scientifically validated as an instrument.
A mature claim must identify the dimension in which maturity has actually been demonstrated.
This Map Moves With the Project
The maturity map is a current snapshot. Live case work and reviewer feedback are expected to change it. Reviewers are encouraged to identify dimensions that appear overstated, understated, missing, or sequenced incorrectly.
Related Documents
Live UXR Cases · What UXR Is, What It Is Not, and What Exists Today · Current Project Status · UXR Roadmap