HCD.4:1 - Problem Frame

A person can be strong in three contributions and weak in a fourth. One contribution may be safe only with a specialist return; another may be independent of a tool; a third may fail only in unfamiliar variants. A single level or average can hide the critical asymmetry that should drive the next decision.

Visible source structures are seductive. A course order can look like a capability hierarchy, a Method decomposition can look like a development sequence, an organization chart can look like a profile, and a platform prediction can look like mastery. In simultaneous Work these structures need not line up one-for-one.

A profile must therefore preserve claim identity, conditions, evidence, support dependence, uncertainty, critical-error boundaries, and trade-offs. It may inform a choice, but choice requires a real chooser, current options and an adequate comparison basis. Inquiry values are needed when further inquiry is live under C.11, not as fields to complete for every choice.