Professional Memory Model

Why This Exists

This document defines how Digital Professionals use memory.

Owner

The owner is the Chief Product Officer and Enterprise Architect.

Business Value

Memory allows Digital Professionals to work with organizational context, prior decisions, preferences, evidence, and lessons while preserving source-domain ownership and auditability.

Memory Types

Memory type	Purpose	Ownership
Organizational Memory	Durable customer business context, decisions, lessons, and evidence references.	Organization and Intelligence governance.
Practice Memory	Practice-specific operating context, SOP outcomes, and handoff patterns.	Owning Practice.
Professional Working Memory	Short-lived task context used during workflow execution.	Intelligence orchestration.
Domain Event Memory	Event-derived context used for reasoning and follow-up.	Source domains own event meaning.
Customer Preference Memory	Preferences that affect procurement workflows and interaction style.	Organization or relevant owning domain.

Memory Rules

• Memory must not replace source-domain facts.
• Memory must preserve source references where possible.
• Memory must distinguish facts, interpretation, decisions, and recommendations.
• Sensitive memory must follow access and retention rules.
• Digital Professionals must not use memory to bypass current domain state.

Memory Flow

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    Domain[Domain facts and events]
    Memory[Organizational Memory]
    Intelligence[Intelligence]
    Professional[Digital Professional]
    Workflow[Workflow output]

    Domain --> Memory
    Memory --> Intelligence
    Intelligence --> Professional
    Professional --> Workflow
    Workflow --> Memory

Memory Quality

Memory quality is measured by relevance, source traceability, freshness, privacy compliance, and usefulness to Practice outcomes.