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CiCi separates three questions that are easy to blur together:
  1. Did the evaluation run?
  2. Is the evidence sufficient?
  3. What does the evidence support saying or doing?
Finishing the runs does not automatically make the result validated. CiCi records execution, evidence sufficiency, and claim status separately.

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Evaluation lifecycle

1

Define the evaluation

Describe the intended behavior, choose the signals that represent it, and define the variants and scenarios to compare.
2

Run modeled evaluation

APMs evaluate the frozen scenarios and variants. These results are modeled evidence, not observations of real people.
3

Add human validation when required

Import participant responses, complete independent review and adjudication, and close collection when fieldwork is finished.
4

Evaluate sufficiency

CiCi checks coverage, review completion, precision, and other frozen evidence rules. A completed study can still conclude that evidence is insufficient.
5

Turn evidence into action

Review the results, generate a refinement brief and implementation packet, and create a versioned governance report.

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What changes as evidence develops

A result marked insufficient evidence is a finding, not a failed run or a pending state. It means the study completed but did not support one or more intended claims.