ME.15:1 - Problem Frame

Method adaptation leaves many visible traces: a team edits a checklist, adds a tool, changes a diagram, rewrites a prompt, or performs the Work differently. Some traces express a reusable change in the way of doing; others are only descriptions, support configurations, local departures, or evidence. Treating every trace as a Method variant floods the repertoire with false identities. Treating none as a variant hides meaningful branches and makes later fit and worth evidence impossible to bind to the semantic branch they concern.

The practical question is whether reusable Method semantics differ for the named use, what derivation is supported, and which status, applicability, evidence, and currentness claims can be maintained while keeping candidate accounts distinct from admitted Methods.