STR.3:10 - Rationale

Strategic framing links a situation to possible contributions and commitments. It therefore precedes neither every observation nor every decision as a compulsory stage. It becomes necessary when an inadequate account would select the wrong evidence, directions or obligations.

Separating the unresolved matters preserves their different remedies. A forecast can improve a consequence estimate; it cannot substitute for a value judgement, permission or supplied capability. The resulting question is usable precisely because it does not promise to settle all of them through one method.