A.15.10:1 - Problem frame

Use this pattern when work has been interrupted or handed to another performer and the next step depends on recovering what was being attempted, how it was being done, or which result can already be used. Use its preparation branch before a likely interruption when a small retained cue can prevent a consequential loss.

The first useful result is a performed continuation under the recovered purpose and method, or a specific missing contribution that prevents it. Sometimes the useful result is to abandon an obsolete continuation. A note can help obtain these results; creating a note is not the result the practitioner came for.

Begin with the existing work and its ordinary records, tools and surroundings. You need access to the material that supports the next operation and the capability to use it, or a way to obtain the missing contribution. Another performer’s memory or a fluent summary may not contain what you need.

If the question, rules and unfinished action are already available, continue directly. A brief interruption does not require a written checkpoint. Use A.15.8 when you need to test or repair a performer, support or recovery dependency; use A.15.7 when the basis for continuing is available and only the next action remains to be chosen.