ECO.4:4.2 - Build conditions that can be satisfied together

For each consequential commitment, state the contribution, provider, recipient, time, condition for becoming effective and condition for release or withdrawal. Existing agreements can supply these facts without a new form. Include the provider’s actual ability and authority to commit.

Trace dependencies between commitments. “Supplier starts after payment; investor pays after delivery” leaves no first action when no party can fund a start and no available mechanism can satisfy the conditions together. Mutually conditional commitments can proceed when the parties have the means and authority to execute them jointly. Otherwise, look for a smaller attainable construction: a customer deposit, a limited trial funded from available means, a staged supply, a reservation, another provider, or a less demanding first result. Compare who carries the resulting exposure and what is lost if the venture stops.

A demonstration is useful when it resolves a participant’s decision: for example whether a process can handle its input or whether a proposed service fits its work. A demonstration of technical performance does not by itself establish future demand, funding or authority.