SYSE.10:9 - Consequences

Research and model results guide decisions within their stated limits. Tests and trials address specific claims; negative and partial results can change concepts, architecture, and realization Work early.

The cost is preserving configuration identity, assumptions, measurement provenance, uncertainty, evidence polarity, and unsupported uses. Some decisions remain unresolved or receive a narrower operating envelope. Too little evidence can shift harm to other Systems; too much low-value testing can delay the project. The Agents performing Work guided by SYSE.17, SYSE.4, specialist Methods, or Methods for choosing further probes retain their respective decision authority.