OPS.8.2:4.2 - Choose a unit that can yield the required resources
Identify a useful auxiliary contribution and its actual execution conditions. Preparation, learning, research, an improvement trial and an ordinary lower-priority job can all qualify. Compare the unit that can be stopped or completed, not the whole project name.
For that unit, establish how progress and resources can be released:
| Auxiliary arrangement | What must be established |
|---|---|
| Finish before a known protected start | The unit, cleanup and restoration fit the available calendars before that start. |
| Pause and resume later | A permissible stopping point can be reached; the needed resources are released; sufficient state remains for resumption. |
| Abandon and later restart | Abandonment is permissible, resources can be recovered in time, and lost work and any remaining effects are included in the choice. |
| Transfer the auxiliary work | A capable recipient is available, the handover fits, and the transfer does not consume another resource needed by the protected service. |
For human work, a short note of the current state, next step and unresolved difficulty can reduce later reconstruction when that information would otherwise be lost. Use the existing work materials when adequate. Include the time to leave that note and the effort of repeated transitions; a mandatory elaborate record can consume the benefit.
For equipment, recover the work needed to leave a usable state: for example completing an indivisible cycle, removing material, cleaning or restoring a fixture. For computing, distinguish pausing execution from releasing the memory, accelerator, license or other allocation the protected job needs. A saved computation can help auxiliary resumption without itself preparing the protected job.
Retain effects outside the suspended activity. Stopping an AI computation does not undo a request it already sent to a person or another service. Establish what has occurred before deciding how to resume or repeat that activity.