Status: IN
The GoF's eight common causes of redesign provide a problem-driven entry point for operationalized pattern judgment: each cause maps to specific mitigating patterns, enabling practitioners to diagnose recurring design problems by cause and select appropriate patterns based on the nature of anticipated change — grounding abstract judgment in concrete diagnostic categories.
Redesign causes provide the problem-first complement to pattern-first selection strategies
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