Statements across your reports carry a label showing how much weight to put on them. The labels are consistent everywhere they appear.
The six labels
Source input. Stated directly in the material you provided. The strongest footing, because it came from you.
Established constraint. A fixed boundary the work has to stay inside. Not up for debate within the analysis.
Working synthesis. Analysis derived from the evidence available. A considered read, not a certainty.
Opportunity hypothesis. A proposition worth testing. An invitation to go and find out, not a finding.
Development requirement. A condition any concept has to satisfy. If a direction cannot meet it, that direction has a problem.
Open question. Unresolved, recorded so it does not quietly disappear.
The distinction that matters most
Working synthesis and opportunity hypothesis look similar but carry very different weight. The first is a read of evidence you supplied. The second is a bet you are being invited to test. Treating a hypothesis as a finding is the most common way to over-read a report.
Each module also has an evidence posture section that takes stock of how solid the evidence is overall. See the glossary article for what that covers.