Preference-to-choice verification matrix
Stated customer feedback requires explicit behavioral verification tests before roadmap or commercial commitments are made.
| Feedback category | Stated customer signal (What they say) | Unconstrained bias risk | Observable verification test (What they must do) | Diagnostic divergence trigger |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feature Request | "We need capability X before we can expand our contract." | Politeness bias; feature desire without operational trade-offs. | Signed beta agreement committing dedicated internal team hours and test data access. | Customer refuses to dedicate technical staff or participate in active sandbox testing. |
| Price Willingness | "We would gladly pay an additional 20 % for advanced analytics." | Hypothetical willingness; lack of economic buyer scrutiny. | Binding letter of intent (LOI) or pre-paid annual commitment at stated tier. | Procurement demands standard tier pricing or requests the advanced feature be bundled for free. |
| Roadmap Priority | "Integrations with platform Y are our single highest priority." | Abstract ranking without evaluating immediate deployment bandwidth. | Historical API log analysis showing active attempts to connect or export related datasets. | Zero existing data export activity or failure to provide technical API credentials. |
| Satisfaction Score | "We love the product and rate our satisfaction 9 out of 10." | Passive contentment hiding latent churn risk. | Weekly active stakeholder usage, multi-seat license adoption, and support ticket resolution velocity. | Account renewal delayed or escalated to procurement for competitive discounting despite high NPS. |
| Migration Readiness | "We are ready to replace our legacy vendor with your solution." | Underestimation of internal switching costs and stakeholder resistance. | Formal migration plan sign-off with defined data cutover dates and executive sponsorship. | Project postponed due to internal IT freeze or refusal to notify incumbent vendor. |
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Reference & Evidence
Source: Author's commercial verification framework grounded in Urban, Weinberg and Hauser (1996) and Aydin, Kwong, Ji and Law (2014). All categories and tests represent synthetic governance standards.
Each line is a claim from the register this journal publishes against, resolved from the register at build time.
- A The concern is stated preference inflating under hype: the authors worried that "respondents overstated their willingness to purchase an environmentally sound car" and built the design around it. It is one electric-vehicle case in which "the authors describe how one firm combines managerial judgment" with market measurement, not a general law Urban, Weinberg & Hauser. (1996) ·
UWH96-C1 - A The paper's actual claim is about FUZZINESS, not a survey-versus-choice-model comparison: "a high degree of fuzziness always exists in the data obtained from conjoint surveys" and "ignorance of the fuzziness would lead to the over-estimation of market demands" Aydin, Kwong, Ji & Law. (2014) ·
AKJL14-C1
Grades: A, verified against the printed page of the primary source · B, primary source, text layer only · C, authoritative secondary · D, reported.
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