Forcing a separate 'inference' section is the difference between a brief you can forward and one you have to fact-check line by line.

Most analytics arguments are definitional, not statistical. Forcing a definition that two people would compute identically resolves the argument before the query is written.

Item 5 is the one that prevents embarrassment. Most overclaiming happens when someone repeats the cleanest sentence in the abstract.

Separating proposals from problems is the difference between building what was asked and building what was meant.