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developing Supplemental requirement

Process Instructions Available

Group: process-and-task-completion • Guideline: complete-tasks

Summary in Plain English

Where a task runs across several steps, the instructions for completing it are there to be found - the process does not assume the user already knows how it works.

Why It Matters

Processes that assume prior knowledge exclude first-time users, and disproportionately those who cannot infer the missing steps from the layout alone.

Scope: When This Applies

The draft's own conditions, quoted from guidelines/groups/process-and-task-completion/complete-tasks/process-instructions-available.md.

Applies when

  • The user needs to complete a multi-step process.