A · GUARDS

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• Gains Sought

  Limit the objective list to the 2 or 3 positive changes that genuinely matter.

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• Unacceptable Outcomes and Means

  Name the results and methods that no amount of upside can justify.

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• Acceptable Floors, Ceilings, and Budgets

  Set the minimums, maximums, and resource limits before you start optimizing anything.

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• Resolve Tradeoffs

  Choose a legitimate rule, like priority order or floors-then-optimize, for objectives that can't all be maximized.

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• Distribution Across People and Time

  Check how gains and losses land across people and time instead of trusting the total.

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• Slack, Safety, and Reversibility

  Build in margin, staged commitment, and rollback so a failed assumption doesn't sink the plan.

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