DTM.5:4.5 - Return the decomposition to the work question

State the units, contribution relation, covered population and any external contribution, distinct components of change, supported causes and consequential unknowns. If coverage or external composition is unresolved, return the supported range or restrict the claim to the covered part. Then ask which feasible change addresses the problematic relation.

A practice favored within teams but associated with lower total contribution can persist locally. A collective’s growth can also coexist with costs to its members. D.3/D.4 and the existing decision methods retain those conflicts; no arithmetic term grants moral priority to its level.

Use DTM.3/.4 to examine dynamic continuation and DTM.6 when another variant changes the contribution mechanism. Stop with the descriptive decomposition when causality remains unresolved and that description is sufficient for the receiving use.