C001 — CI Adoption Rate: 40% Figure Is Outdated — Self-Audit¶
Contents¶
Process Audit (Analytical Domains)¶
| Domain | Rating | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluation Consistency | Pass | All four hypotheses (H1-H4) were evaluated against the same evidence base. The Hilton et al. 2016 study was used to support H1 while simultaneously being used to demonstrate that H2 (figure is outdate |
| Synthesis Fairness | Pass | The synthesis appropriately weighted the peer-reviewed academic sources (Hilton et al., Golzadeh et al., IST 2026) over the industry survey (JetBrains), which was rated moderate rather than strong. Th |
Source-Back Verification¶
Sources verified: 4
Discrepancies¶
- minor at https://blog.jetbrains.com/teamcity/2026/03/best-ci-tools/
- Assessment claims: JetBrains reports 55% developer CI/CD usage in 2025
- Source actually says: The scorecard reports this is from the 'State of Developer Ecosystem 2025 survey' with '55% of developers regularly use CI/CD tools.' The assessment correctly cites the figure but the source measures developer-level adoption (survey respondents) not project-level adoption. The assessment's reasoning chain uses this as cross-reference, which is appropriate.