War-game an event taxonomy rewrite by testing whether name capacity, review gates, and freeze deadlines still shrink soft names when several products share one schema and the next board chart is close.
Taxonomy rewrites fail when "renamed" means a checkbox without a decision artifact, when teams dual-count a draft as both reviewed and live, and when money paths still pin to one thin event because the map is incomplete. The review needs one written inventory of event classes, one owner who can deny a risky rename, and a documented consequence when a failed review ages past the deadline.
Assemble the taxonomy packet
List event classes by product, weekly volume, review gate, last rename reason, owner of record, and evidence required to keep the name. Attach open findings, overdue drafts, and any emergency rename in the last quarter. Name which classes are out of scope and why. If a billing event class is omitted, show the residual risk in the same packet.
Decide allow, revise, or hold in advance. Include the fields that compute overdue-review status so two reviewers reach the same label from the same exports.
Claim matrix
| Claim | Evidence required | Fail condition |
|---|---|---|
| Class is staffed | Named reviewer roster and measured time-to-review | Roster is empty or still points to a single untested analyst |
| Rename is complete | Schema export showing approved state for the claimed fields | Ticket closed while export still shows draft |
| Name is unique | Sample schema proving no double-booked event | Name invents uniqueness the schema never enforced |
| Override is controlled | Logged use with time-bound restore of review | Shared override or unlogged use |
Walk four cases in Pingpong: a funnel still pinned to one overloaded event, a rename that left a revenue chart live without finance, a class that mixed product and marketing content, and a request to skip a support event because volume is rare. Start from the documented taxonomy language. Ask who can extend a freeze window and which export proves review. Any step that depends on an unnamed person becomes a taxonomy condition.
Replay one prior metric incident under the proposed rules. If the incident would still age without a reverse owner, revise the rules before calling the rewrite ready.
Pair with the analytics lead seat, an instrumentation freeze stress test, and a dashboard ownership map review. More operating decisions live in the war-game decisions hub.
Close only when renamed and blocked labels can be reproduced from stored exports without a verbal override.