OPS.17:10 - Rationale

Method-level comparison preserves the connection between a working problem and the action intended to change it. It is especially useful where several traditions overlap in vocabulary but act on different objects: a ready queue, a case, a scarce resource, a service-event population or a cash consequence.

The separate feasibility and preference steps preserve non-negotiable conditions while allowing a real choice among useful alternatives. Directed refresh then follows the claim that failed, making evidence reuse possible without treating the method as timeless.