constraint-tree-building

Business

Build Current Reality Tree from UDEs through causal chains to core conflicts

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Tactic: Constraint Tree Building

Orchestration Pattern

List UDEs → spawn undesirable-effect-listing
- Collect all observable symptoms of system underperformance
- Ensure each UDE is specific, observable, and evidenced
- Minimum 5 UDEs for a meaningful tree
Trace Causal Chains → spawn causal-chain-tracing
- Input: UDE list from step 1
- For each UDE, trace backward: IF [cause] THEN [effect] BECAUSE [assumption]
- Connect UDEs that share common causes
- Identify convergence points (multiple chains meeting at one cause)
Extract Core Conflict → spawn core-conflict-extraction
- Input: convergence points from step 2
- If root cause is a dilemma, express as Evaporating Cloud
- If root cause is a single constraint, express as binding constraint statement

Decision Criteria

When to iterate: If the tree has disconnected components (UDEs not linked to any chain), return to step 2 with those UDEs
When to stop: All UDEs connect to at most 3 root causes, and root causes are expressed as constraints or conflicts
When to escalate: If >10 UDEs found, prioritize top-5 by severity before tracing
Quality gate: Every causal link must have a BECAUSE clause (the underlying assumption)

Available SOPs

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

SOP	When to use
causal-chain-tracing	Trace UDE to root cause via IF...THEN...BECAUSE logic chains
core-conflict-extraction	Extract core conflict in Evaporating Cloud format (A-B-C-D-D')
undesirable-effect-listing	List current Undesirable Effects (UDEs) — observable symptoms of system underperformance