Conciseness

The single worked example carries every step with no generic tutorial padding, but a few tokens could be trimmed: the syllabus URL is cited twice (once in the overview and again in References), plus a 'fetched 2026-06-10' provenance date and a note that the glossary site blocks fetches. This fits 'efficient; minor instances of over-explanation' rather than the fully lean 5 anchor.

Actionability

Fully actionable instruction-only guidance: exact notation semantics (T/F/-/N/A and X/blank per §4.2.3), a completely worked 8-column table mechanically reduced to 5 feasible columns, and a copy-ready test-case table with concrete values ($80.00, $20.00, $49.99/$50.00 pairing with BVA). The absence of code is not penalized since the concrete procedure fully covers the common case.

Workflow Clarity

Five clearly sequenced steps with explicit checkpoints and a feedback loop: suspicious columns are flagged '?' in Step 2 and resolved in Step 4, merges are held until the feasibility check, an infeasibility constraint check is added outside the table, and 'If that check fails, the table must be rebuilt' closes the loop — matching the 5 anchor.

Progressive Disclosure

One well-signaled, one-level-deep reference (references/decision-table-details.md, verified to exist) covering extended-entry forms and anti-patterns, while the core walkthrough stays appropriately inline. Navigation is easy and the split is clean, matching the 5 anchor.

Specificity

Lists multiple specific concrete actions covering the full technique — 'identify conditions and actions, build the full 2^n-column matrix, collapse columns with irrelevant entries, strike infeasible combinations, then emit one test case per remaining column' — with no meaningful coverage gaps, matching the comprehensive anchor.

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what ('Derives human-readable manual test cases from a business-rule spec via a decision table...') and when ('Use when a spec's outcome depends on interacting conditions...') with concrete trigger phrases, matching the 5 anchor; the when clause is fully explicit, not weakly implied as at 4.

Trigger Term Quality

Good natural keyword coverage including 'business-rule spec', 'interacting conditions', 'pricing, eligibility, discounts, routing rules', and 'manual test cases'; a few natural terms users might say (e.g. 'combinations', 'test design') are missing, so it fits the 4 rather than the comprehensive-with-synonyms 5 anchor.

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Clear niche with minimal conflict risk: it explicitly distinguishes itself from 'a broad multi-lens case matrix', 'parameterized test code', 'how a case record is structured', and 'the boundaries of a single input', so it is unlikely to trigger for sibling skills.