OPS.6:9 - Consequences

The operation gains a defensible continuation move for exceptional and changing cases. Practitioners can tell what may happen next, who should perform it, what evidence will count, when to stop, and whether the case truly progressed or remains blocked.

The cost is that visible motion no longer counts as progress by default. In some cases, the account cannot yet report progression while an unmet condition is returned. The pattern does not promise a universal workflow, automated resolution, clinical or engineering correctness, release, service fulfilment, or evidence that the selected Method is generally effective.