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Responsible product requirement
A responsible product requirement is a specific, checkable condition, like a fairness threshold or a required review step, that a product must meet before it ships.
What matters
Turning a value like 'be fair' into a specific, testable requirement is what makes responsible design something a team can actually verify, rather than only aspire to.
Example
'No demographic group may see more than a 5-point difference in approval rate' is a responsible product requirement, unlike a vague goal of being 'fair'.
Common misconception
A responsible product requirement is not just a values statement; to be useful it needs to be specific enough that a team can check whether it was actually met.
Recall question
Why does a vague value like 'be fair' need to become a specific requirement to be useful?
Keywords and related concepts
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