A.15.7:4.2 - Run the seven-step steering Method

1. Confirm current Work or close this entry. Name the ongoing Work occurrence at the grain that changes the decision. When the performed-Work claim matters, first use A.13 to identify the actual performer, then let A.15.1 independently admit the dated occurrence from its performance history, enacted domain Method, time, and required containing-System relation. If this steering account must also identify the assignment under which the Work was performed, check that assignment separately through F.6; F.6 identifies neither performer nor assignment, and a failed check leaves the Work intact. If Work has not begun, stop using this pattern: use A.15.2 for intended-work content, A.15.5 for work-entry readiness, or C.11 only when a known chooser must compare an already formed OptionSet. Do not turn intended Work into a current occurrence or every small action into separate Work.
2. Use only action-guiding information about current facts. Name the relevant observation, participant response, available material, resource or safety limit, commitment, case fact, or time pressure. Recover the source and time conditions that can change its use. A missing timestamp or the age of a record alone does not defeat still-applicable information. When a changed condition or missing required support defeats a relied-on claim, retain the other qualified information and name the affected limit. Use C.11.DUA to compare a feasible, timely refresh with a supported narrower action, the declared safe fallback or stopping. Obtain the needed evidence for the selected use; do not act on an unsupported premise because refresh is costly. A directly checkable live cue needs an ordinary observation sentence, not a universal situation record or evidence dossier.
3. Recover both Method positions. State the domain Method and its relevant allowances and stops. State the steering Method only when it is actually used, and choose the separately grounded co-enactment or admitted-submethod account in §4.1. A description, plan, policy, score, case model, recommender output, or dashboard may inform the decision; it neither acts nor decides.
4. Form the smallest honest set of available actions. Include only actions allowed now by the domain Method and named constraints. If the Method already requires one action and no material branch remains, follow it and stop using this pattern. If no acceptable action is known, use a subject-specific generation Method; use C.18 only when an open-ended candidate archive and front are actually needed. Do not hide invention inside choice.
5. Use the lightest truthful choice mode. State the cue, comparison, quick forecast, value concern, or mandatory criterion that can change the answer. A reliable cue may select a familiar response after an applicability and consequence check. An unfamiliar or consequential case may require diagnosis, adaptation, or a quick mental or physical forecast. When several live alternatives genuinely require comparison, pass the chooser, current OptionSet and comparison basis to C.11. Include an inquiry question only when it is live under C.11’s conditions; an already supported choice needs no invented probe or omission account.
6. Keep choosing, authority, and acting separate. Name the deciding System and the intended performer. If the choice depends on permission, responsibility, commitment, capability, or authority, establish that exact relation instead of inferring it from a system-role label or recommendation score. If the required relation does not obtain or cannot be grounded, return to the System that must supply it or stop.
7. Return decision, performer, and feedback separately. State the selected action and the reason that distinguished it, the intended performer, and the nearest stop, fallback, new observation, or return to ongoing Work. If the choice changes intended-work content, update the U.WorkPlan separately. If the action is performed, follow step 1 to identify its actual performer and admit the dated Work; add F.6 only if the returned result must also identify the assignment under which the action was performed, and ground any operation application separately. Retain the resulting observation without rewriting the earlier Method or Work.