{
  "_about": "Versioned interview guide. Probes in each transcript point at a guide question id, so you can ask 'which guide questions never get a good answer' and 'which interviews were asked about X'. Findings change the guide (H5 emerged in tx_002 -> g_reconciliation added in v3), and the version history records why.",
  "versions": [
    {
      "version": "v1", "date": "2026-09-01", "used_in": ["tx_001", "tx_002"],
      "questions": [
        { "id": "g_role",          "text": "Tell me about your role and the reports you're responsible for." },
        { "id": "g_process",       "text": "How does the report get prepared?" },
        { "id": "g_effort",        "text": "How long does it take? Who is involved?" },
        { "id": "g_sources",       "text": "Where does the data come from?" },
        { "id": "g_attempts",      "text": "Have you tried to automate or change this?" },
        { "id": "g_severity",      "text": "How much of a problem is this for you?", "note": "Both interviewers turned this into a leading question (pr_07, pr_104). Rewrite as open in v3." },
        { "id": "g_solution",      "text": "[Present concept] Would this be useful / would you buy it?" },
        { "id": "g_security",      "text": "Would a new tool need security review?" },
        { "id": "g_stakeholders",  "text": "What does the audience of the report ask for?" },
        { "id": "g_anything_else", "text": "Anything else I should know?" }
      ]
    },
    {
      "version": "v2-followup", "date": "2026-12-01", "used_in": ["tx_003"],
      "note": "Follow-up variant: driven by the participant's open backlog items rather than a fixed list.",
      "questions": [
        { "id": "g_fu_changes",    "text": "What has changed since we last spoke?" },
        { "id": "g_fu_backlog",    "text": "[For each open follow-up item for this participant] ..." },
        { "id": "g_anything_else", "text": "Anything else?" }
      ]
    },
    {
      "version": "v3", "date": "2026-12-12", "used_in": [],
      "changes": [
        { "change": "added g_reconciliation", "because": "H5 emerged from tx_002 and has two not_probed verdicts. Every future interview must ask it." },
        { "change": "added g_denominator",     "because": "fu_002: effort figures have no denominator in either org." },
        { "change": "rewrote g_severity as open", "because": "Both v1 interviews turned it into a leading question and got pushback (ev_015, ev_109)." },
        { "change": "added g_architecture",   "because": "H3: whether the review is avoidable depends on whether the tool touches core systems (fu_009)." }
      ],
      "questions": [
        { "id": "g_role",           "text": "Tell me about your role and the reports you're responsible for." },
        { "id": "g_process",        "text": "How does the report get prepared?" },
        { "id": "g_effort",         "text": "How long does it take? Who is involved?" },
        { "id": "g_denominator",    "text": "What else does the team do in a typical week?" },
        { "id": "g_sources",        "text": "Where does the data come from?" },
        { "id": "g_reconciliation", "text": "Do figures from different sources ever disagree? What happens then?" },
        { "id": "g_attempts",       "text": "Have you tried to automate or change this?" },
        { "id": "g_severity",       "text": "Where does this sit among the things that take your time?" },
        { "id": "g_solution",       "text": "[Present concept] What would this change for you, if anything?" },
        { "id": "g_security",       "text": "What would have to happen before a new tool could be used? Does it matter what the tool connects to?" },
        { "id": "g_architecture",   "text": "Would a tool that only reads exported files be treated differently from one that connects to your systems?" },
        { "id": "g_stakeholders",   "text": "What does the audience of the report ask for?" },
        { "id": "g_anything_else",  "text": "Anything else I should know?" }
      ]
    }
  ]
}