1.Quantifying Burden and Risk Distribution
Bubble Chart Analysis · 2026
A regulatory permitting attorney utilized a bubble chart titled "Category positioning: average score vs. total burden share" to evaluate deemed-approval applications. The x-axis plots the "Share of total burden (%)" from 10% to 40%, and the y-axis measures the "Average score per failure point" from 20 to 80. The "Procedural" category dominates at approximately 43% burden share and an average score of 77, while the "Strategic" category sits at 9% burden and a 30 score. This analysis allowed the attorney to prioritize procedural and substantive failure vectors into a ranked checklist.
What it shows:
How to map cognitive load and risk to prioritize workflows.




