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Stage 04O

Canonical DECODE stage

Outline Change Boundaries

What must not be crossed?

Make physical, regulatory, organizational, and lifecycle limits explicit before options are evaluated.

Belongs here
  • Hard non-negotiable limits
  • Soft capability limits
  • Interfaces and lifecycle constraints
Does not belong here
  • Boundaries invented to protect a preferred option
  • Unexamined assumptions presented as hard limits
  • Option scoring

Visual logic

Keep the decision space open while understanding becomes stronger.

Input from stage 3OStronger understanding

Common failure modes

Watch for these signals.

  1. 01

    Limits are discovered after commitment

  2. 02

    Soft boundaries are treated as permanent

  3. 03

    Regulatory or interface constraints remain implicit

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