{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/distinguish-stated-position-from-operating-constraint",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9073",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Distinguish stated position from operating constraint",
  "summary": "Positions often compress several underlying constraints.",
  "kind": "question",
  "body": "Ask what must remain true for the stakeholder to accept another option: timing, control, compliance, workload, reversibility or service level. Design around the constraint rather than negotiating only the sentence they started with.",
  "limits": [
    "Formal governance and accountability still apply. Stakeholder analysis should expose constraints and decision rights, not justify bypassing them."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-lead-without-authority-stakeholder-systems"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-764F8C9A4CC71B7E"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "A meta-analysis of 72 independent studies found team information sharing positively related to performance, cohesion, decision satisfaction and knowledge integration, with meaningful moderators.",
      "source_id": "RS-764F8C9A4CC71B7E",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "The useful form and amount of sharing depend on task, discussion structure and how information is distributed.",
      "locator": "Abstract"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "When people repeat a fixed position and the discussion is stuck."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Formal governance and accountability still apply. Stakeholder analysis should expose constraints and decision rights, not justify bypassing them."
  ],
  "example": "The statement 'we need the old field' becomes 'the downstream audit needs a stable reference for seven years,' opening other designs.",
  "check": "At least one underlying constraint can be tested independently of the original position.",
  "question": "What must this position protect? · Which part is policy and which part is preference? · What alternative would satisfy the same constraint?",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-764F8C9A4CC71B7E",
      "title": "Information Sharing and Team Performance: A Meta-Analysis",
      "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19271807/"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9073",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9074",
      "type": "useful_with",
      "url": "/knowledge/find-the-missing-stakeholder-before-late-review"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-47952011564F7728",
      "title": "Lead without formal authority: stakeholder decisions, delegation, voice, and team learning",
      "url": "/collections/lead-without-formal-authority-stakeholder-decisions-delegation-voice-and-team-learning"
    }
  ]
}