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STR.8:4.3 - Diagnose the missing condition at the right subject

Distinguish the contribution’s intended performer, the means used and the result needed. The following examples show different repairs:

Observed or supported gapResult to obtainWhat would still remain separate
No adequate way of doing the work is availableA qualified method or a bounded inquiry into a possible methodA person’s ability to use it and actual provision conditions
A qualified performance account identifies a human capability gapThe appropriate learning and performance resultOrganization access, assignment, time and support
The person can do the work but lacks effective accessThe needed access under its owner’s conditionsCapability development that is not actually missing
Several capable participants cannot complete the contribution togetherA workable organization arrangement with its exception returnA tool installation or individual assessment alone
A product or platform cannot supply a required technical resultThe relevant engineering resultCustomer demand, permission and organizational acceptance

These are diagnostic prompts, not a universal taxonomy. Name only the distinction that changes the next action. Missing observation may leave the cause unresolved; it is not evidence that the participant lacks capability.

If the strategy depends on a person’s transfer from familiar to meaningfully unfamiliar work, HCD.12 supplies the bounded transfer account. Recover the earlier performance and permitted support first. If the difficulty is organization capability, OCE.9 supplies the complete contribution and exception-path realization after a selected design or authorized bounded attempt. Neither result proves the other.