Workflow Reversion
A reversion episode in which a person returns to a previously used AI workflow after a newer alternative did not deliver the intended result. The referent is the act of reverting, reflecting that an established procedure outperformed a newer one for that task.
Operational Definition
EVENT. One occurrence is recorded when a user, having adopted a newer tool, model, or procedure for a recurring task, switches back to an earlier one they had previously used for the same task. The observable marker is a documented workflow transition from a newer to an older procedure for an unchanged task type.
Measurement Schema
Proposed measurement protocol (not yet empirically validated): Workflow-version transition log: for a panel of users, tool/model/procedure choices per recurring task are timestamped, yielding a directed sequence of transitions. Reversions are counted as backward transitions to a prior procedure; could be reported as reversion rate per adopted change and median tenure of the new procedure before reversion (a median time-to-event, survival-style, analysis).