RMP.1:4.4 - Nearest Non-Members and Exact Returns
| Nearest non-member | Exact return | Reopen RMP.1 only when |
|---|---|---|
| routine engineering qualification, verification, or validation under a qualified Method and supplied criteria | Return the test or qualification result to the domain engineering or assurance owner and the choice to its receiving authority. | A qualified frame exposes an unresolved mechanism, validity, transfer, or evidence question requiring a new criticism-bearing design. |
| routine monitoring or measurement against established variables, thresholds, and response rules | Return the observation or current-state result to Operations or the domain monitoring owner. | An unexplained pattern, rival causal account, invalid measure, or transfer question changes the epistemic task. |
| troubleshooting, incident response, or fault isolation aimed at restoring one operating result | Return the diagnosis and recovery result to the domain engineering, service, or Operations Method. | A knowledge question survives the recovery, matters beyond the episode, and passes all four conditions. |
| audit, compliance assessment, programme evaluation, or product acceptance against supplied criteria and authority | Return the verdict, evaluation, or acceptance result to the audit, governance, assurance, evaluation, or receiving-domain owner. | The validity of criteria, causal interpretation, transfer, or evidence claim itself becomes unresolved. |
| source retrieval, currentness checking, or bounded cross-source comparison sufficient for the use | Return the answer and the source, applicability and comparison limits needed by its receiver, using §4.3. | A material source gap or a new question changes what that answer can establish. |
| application of an already qualified professional Method to produce its ordinary domain result | Return the Work to that Method and domain owner. | Method fit, an underlying claim, or a materially new case creates the four-condition question. Repair of reusable Method identity, qualification, fit, trial, worth, or variants remains with Method Engineering. |
For adjacent Work or a missing result, carry forward the exact question, available material, expected result kind, owner, and reopen condition so useful Work can continue. A supplied answer returns to its receiver as a completed answer; it does not need a next owner task.