PSD.17:4.3 - Compare continuation options at the affected relation
Compare retaining the present arrangement, changing one material relation, maintaining a separate branch, and stopping or reverting the proposed intervention. Treat these as options when they are genuinely live, not as four mandatory forms to complete.
| Option | Useful question | Typical decision-support consequence |
|---|---|---|
| Retain the present arrangement | Is the apparent failure outside its promised use, or is the current way already adequate at lower effort? | Preserve a useful narrow Method and avoid disrupting practiced judgement. |
| Change one arrangement | Would a change to facilitation, teaching, peer discussion, commissioning, recognition or source presentation address the identified mechanism? | Make the missing participation, interpretation or qualified-return move available in receiving practice. |
| Keep a separate branch | Do different access, participant or evidence conditions warrant different supported ways? | Preserve plural practice without pretending that all variants fit the same engagement. |
| Stop or revert | Does the change remove a protected condition, exceed authority, create an unmanageable burden or fail its stated purpose? | Return to a qualified arrangement, narrow the offering, or leave the receiving result explicitly blocked. |
Make the mechanism and trade-off explicit. Replacing a template may improve access but leave tacit facilitation judgement unaddressed. A guided practice exercise may expose that judgement but require an experienced facilitator and protected material. Changing recognition to include a well-grounded blocker can make honest returns visible, but a new checklist can also become another ritual.
A bundle of teaching, exemplar and peer-feedback changes may be one usable arrangement. If it is tried as a bundle, do not later attribute the result to one component without evidence. If the reusable decision-support action itself changes, return that Method or variant question to PSD.15; cultural desirability does not admit a proposed Method.
Keep the receiver’s circumstances in the comparison. Translation, remote participation, professional-service conditions, available expertise and the ability to challenge an interpretation can change the required arrangement. Copying the source faithfully is not sufficient if the receiving use cannot enact its essential distinctions.