DOCA.6:2 - Problem

A current ranking can discard an opportunity that preserves a valuable later route. Conversely, retaining everything creates a costly collection with no reason to revisit or discard anything. A “roadmap” can make a conditional sequence look committed before its dependencies are qualified.

Path descriptions introduce another error: every later step is compared with the original situation. Earlier benefits are counted again, transition costs disappear, and the next step inherits capabilities, access, or evidence that have never been established. A preliminary inquiry can be called a stepping stone even when no supported link connects it to the later option.

The practitioner needs a small, revisable set in which retention has a reason, each step begins from its own configuration, and uncertainty does not become an implied choice.