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OPS.16:3 - Forces
| Force | Practical tension |
| learning and continuity | A trial must expose a useful difference while the continuing operation still needs service, recovery, safety, and support. |
| status and action | Practitioners need to act on a promising way, while a candidate account cannot be treated as an admitted Method. |
| plan and occurrence | A prospective plan makes observation possible, while only actual Work can supply occurrence evidence. |
| local evidence and wider use | One bounded trial can settle a local choice while leaving transfer, general reliability, practical worth, and causality unresolved. |
| change and lineage | A reusable semantic change can require a Method variant, while a changed tool, description, support, or departure may leave Method identity unchanged. |
| speed and assurance | A small trial can reduce delay, but it must stop if the required authority is missing or a protection condition no longer holds. |
| one decision and many observations | Service, flow, human condition, finance, burden, side effects, and missing evidence can all matter without becoming one score. |