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PSD.2:0 - Use This When

Use this pattern when a bounded decision-support inquiry may be shaped mainly by its loudest, most available, or formally powerful participants, while quieter participants, represented people, consequence-bearing Systems, or material concerns can still change the formulation or return.

Begin from the bounded engagement question in PSD.1 when it is current. Recover possible consequence bearers through A.1.CSD, then recover the participation conditions and concerns needed by this particular inquiry. Return an explicit account rather than treating attendance, a stakeholder list, or one facilitated conversation as proof of completeness.

The practical gain is a visible basis for whose situations and concerns can change the inquiry without requiring universal inclusion or pretending that participation transfers decision authority. Do not use PSD.2 for a generic contact list, public-relations audience map, or organization chart. Use A.1.CSD directly when the only live question is which Systems may undergo a material change. Use the direct governance, legal, ethical, safety, representation, conflict, or authority practice when that practice owns the whole question.