GOALS.4:4.1 - Choose an occasion that can change the work

Recover the current goal, achievement basis, forecast, commitment and means from the working account. Identify which observation could alter the next action and when the response must occur to help. Choose periodic review, event-triggered attention or another suitable timing under C.43:4.5.1. Include the time needed to obtain information, decide, communicate and act. A quarter-end meeting is too late for a dependency that must be secured tomorrow.

Use available data at their actual age and scope. When information is delayed or incomplete, keep that limit in the decision. Ask whether a distinguishing observation could improve the attainable response enough to justify its cost. Continue with a sufficient existing answer or a bounded action acceptable under the remaining uncertainty when that is warranted.