Behavior Design Questions
A working list of questions to ask when designing behavior rather than interaction.
What does the system observe, and what should it ignore?
What meaning does the system derive, and how confident is it?
What can the system do without explicit instruction?
Where does the system need consent, confirmation, or human judgment?
What must stay visible for trust to hold?
How does the user recover from a wrong action?
When should the system stop helping?
What it helps you see
It exposes the questions or checks that need to be answered before the product behavior can be trusted.
How to use it
Use this to produce a behavior spec: trigger, inputs, confidence, action, visibility, control, correction, and backoff.
Use it when
Use this when a product question in Designing Behavior, Not Just Interaction needs structure before it becomes a screen, roadmap item, or portfolio claim.
Practice prompt
Choose a real product, project, or career decision and answer the framework's items in order. Carry forward the answer that changes the next move.
Source chapter
This framework was authored in Designing Behavior, Not Just Interaction. Read the chapter for the full argument and the worked examples that produced this shape.