ME.25:4.5 - Compare the candidate and return what is supported

Compare the candidate with the incumbent and any serious alternatives under the same working requirements. ME.6.MC supplies a mathematical comparison where useful; ME.6 and the existing worth and portfolio methods handle the broader decision.

Separate the derived consequence from its working assumptions. A formula can establish the expected number of operations under a supplied distribution. It cannot by itself establish the distribution, actual preparation time or a performer’s capability. Retain only the unresolved conditions that matter to the receiving decision.

Choose further work through C.11.DUA. An existing result may support retaining the incumbent, adopting a bounded change where authorized, or keeping a conditional candidate for later use. When a trial can change the decision enough to warrant its cost, ME.11 and ME.13 supply the appropriate trial and fit judgement. ME.16 handles a selected introduction.

ME.15 preserves the candidate and its consequential changes when later comparison needs that lineage. No new record is needed merely to say that no trial was commissioned.

Reopen the affected transformation when an input, dependency, required result or realization condition changes. Retain the parts of the argument and the work that the change leaves valid.