ME.6.MC:4.5 - Compare the consequences without hiding moved burden

Return the result in the quantities and conditions chosen in :4.1. Explain which alternative preserves the required answer, which fails, which remains unresolved, and why. Where alternatives trade off time, effort, retained information or another criterion, keep the distinct consequences available to ME.6 and the applicable C.11 choice.

Include burden moved by the arrangement: a faster central step may require more preparation elsewhere; releasing a checked snapshot may require storage while a newer revision awaits review; independent instruments may still require the same operator. A local improvement is useful only to the extent that the receiving comparison can accept those effects.

Compare the chosen model with a cheaper sufficient argument. A two-step trace can expose an ordering failure without a model checker. A workload lower bound can rule out a schedule without detailed simulation. Use a larger construction when it can change an unresolved consequence or support a broader claim that the decision actually needs.

The outcome may support retaining an incumbent, rejecting one proposal, preserving several alternatives, or selecting a bounded trial. It need not rank every arrangement. Existing FPF choice, Pareto and improvement methods govern those results; no new scoring rule is introduced by drawing a mathematical model.