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OPS.9:0 - Use This When

Use this Method when an operation is not producing its accepted result as required and someone proposes to remove a bottleneck, increase capacity, automate a step or accelerate a team. The question is which relation currently limits completion, and what treatment the evidence supports.

The first useful result is a bounded constraint account: the lost result and observation window, relevant observations, a candidate explanation and a serious rival, discriminating support or an exact probe request, and a treatment or hold decision. It can conclude that the proposed resource addition is unsupported while specifying a useful readiness or measurement action.

Use OPS.8 when a queue policy can be repaired without settling a wider constraint claim. Use OPS.10 when the immediate question is a load/capacity/service comparison with an already adequate causal basis. A safety, clinical, engineering or financial diagnosis remains with the qualified practice that supplies it.