mitigation-validation

name	mitigation-validation
description	Tactic: Run mini-FMEA on proposed mitigations to verify they do not introduce new failure modes. Prevents mitigation-induced risks.
type	tactic
strategies	["design-fmea","process-fmea","mitigation-design"]
dependencies	{"sops":["failure-mode-extraction","mitigation-design-sop","re-scoring","severity-scoring"]}

Mitigation Validation Tactic

Validate that proposed mitigations do not introduce new failure modes — a mini-FMEA on the mitigations themselves.

Orchestration

1. Receive proposed mitigation measures from mitigation-design-sop
2. failure-mode-extraction identifies potential failure modes of each mitigation:
   • Could the prevention measure fail?
   • Could the detection mechanism produce false negatives?
   • Could the response plan create new problems?
3. severity-scoring rates new failure modes
4. If any new mode scores H-priority:
   • Flag mitigation as risky
   • mitigation-design-sop redesigns or adds safeguards
   • Re-validate (max 2 iterations to prevent infinite loops)
5. re-scoring confirms final S/O/D with validated mitigations

Iteration Control

• Max validation iterations: 2 (prevent infinite recursion)
• If still H-priority after 2 iterations: escalate to human review
• Document residual risk for accepted mitigations

Subagents Dispatched

• failure-mode-extraction (mitigation failure identification)
• severity-scoring (new risk assessment)
• mitigation-design-sop (redesign if needed)
• re-scoring (final confirmation)

Termination Conditions

• All mitigations validated as not introducing H-priority risks
• Max iterations reached (escalate with documentation)
• Residual risk accepted and documented

Available SOPs

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

SOP	When to use
failure-mode-extraction	Extract structured failure mode list from raw scenarios or artifact analysis. Produces standardized failure mode records.
mitigation-design-sop	Design prevention, detection, and response measures for high-priority failure modes. Produces actionable countermeasure specifications.
re-scoring	Re-evaluate S/O/D scores after mitigation measures are in place. Validates that mitigations actually reduce risk as expected.
severity-scoring	Rate failure mode severity 1-10 based on end-effect impact. Follows AIAG-VDA severity scale calibrated for research artifacts.