The Causal Effect of Independent Cost Estimating on Realized Mission Outcomes: A

Foundational Research Chain

The foundational-research chain every candidate must produce before defense. This candidate is queued; each artifact appears here as its stage completes.

1. Prospectus & data-provenance charterStage 0

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2. Multi-perspective interrogation (mind-map, open questions, grounded claims)Stage 0.75

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3. Provenance-tagged research corpusPhase 1

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4. Dissertation (literature & PRISMA review, contribution, methods, results)Stages 1-6

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5. ARGOS citation auditArchivist gate

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6. Conclave defense deck (source; rendered .pptx on disk)Stage 8

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7. SuperStack prose-integrity reportProse gate

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Defense Readiness

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