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SYSE.3:4.5 - Plan the next Work separately

Create or amend one A.15.2 WorkPlan after the first unsupported answer is visible. The smallest useful WorkPlan needs one substantive PlanItem that states:

  • the present EntityOfConcern and planning horizon;
  • the intended Work or investigation;
  • the candidate performer System and local SystemRole-kind conditions;
  • the Method, capability threshold, resources, tools, access, and dependencies needed for that Work; and
  • the result or evidence that will update the branch or reopen an earlier answer.

The next Work can take different forms—for example, investigating a supplier, qualifying a capability, developing a fixture, changing a transformer System, obtaining a specialist result, integrating a bounded slice, or revising the architecture candidate. Select the action that resolves the first unsupported answer; do not schedule every visible branch.

The WorkPlan states intended Work and its conditions. Establish every later assignment, capability, resource availability, relation, Work occurrence, transformation, and result through its direct evidence and pattern. When Work is later performed, use A.15.1 and F.6 for its performer and attribution, A.3.4 for actual changes, and A.15.PROD for production, identity-inception, or completion claims. Compare the resulting facts with the plan only when that separate question is current.