MDPE.16:3.1 - Bound the development question and later use

Name:

• the Music-or-Dance practice subject and present configuration;
• the question for which several answers remain useful;
• the later performance, teaching, reconstruction, comparison, source-return, or combination use that makes each branch worth keeping;
• the horizon and next decision;
• the practice-developing Agent responsible for the branch set;
• the Agent authorized to spend resources or change each branch’s availability arrangement;
• affected Agents and Systems;
• safety, consent, permission, source, access, and other protected conditions; and
• the attention, rehearsal, equipment, venue, compute, rights, or maintenance budget.

A useful question is narrower than “preserve dance diversity.” For example: “Which partner-readable timing variants must remain usable while this Balboa phrase family is developed for social dancing at three tempo ranges?”

The practice-developing Agent need not own the alternatives, control the culture, perform every branch, or have authority to change every dependency. If required access, capability, permission or configuration does not obtain, a plan to restore it does not make the branch live. Retain a supported existing arrangement or report the affected branch as suspended or archive-only; any selected restoration still needs a capable, authorized performer.