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MDPE.3:2.3 - Select architectural views by the failure they expose

Use only views that can change the current decision:

ConcernWhat to make visible
Functional contributionWho or what produces sound or movement, senses timing, supports weight, generates material, cues another performer, presents the result, or recovers from failure.
Construction and physical connectionBodies, instruments, devices, effectors, props, connectors, rooms, floors, wearables, and their actual constructive relations.
Timing and rhythmContinuing carriers, discrete events, anticipated or perceived centres, timing tolerances, cue relations, and recovery after drift.
Sensing, control, and feedbackWhat state each performer or controller can sense, which action it can change, what feedback returns, and who corrects failure.
Placement, access, and safetySpatial reach, visibility, audibility, movement paths, audience and performer access, collision, load, fatigue, and exit.
Participation and decision rightsWho performs, leads, follows, conducts, controls, authorizes, refuses, interrupts, or changes the Method.
Material and description useHow scores, choreography, recordings, prompts, generated material, rule cards, and cue sheets enter Work without becoming performers.

These views need not be trees or isomorphic. They must refer consistently to the same Systems and relations where the decision joins them. A list, diagram, stage plot, score, configuration file, or architecture description is an episteme about the configuration, not the world-side configuration.