Failure PatternDecision layer
Stage Drift (Pipeline Changes Break Everything)
Symptom: Automations stop working after pipeline edits. Root cause: Stages not governed.
By InnovaAI Research
How do you recognize it?
- •Automations stop working after pipeline edits
- •Reports suddenly become wrong
- •Team disagrees on what stages mean
Why does it happen?
- •Stages not governed
- •No mapping between stage changes and automations
- •No owner for pipeline governance
How do you fix it?
- •Assign a pipeline owner
- •Lock stage changes behind approval
- •Update automations using a mapping table
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