# Tool-Proposal Evaluation

Tool or change:

Date:

Complete the four-part screen first. Stop with **Not now** when the proposal
does not survive the screen. Complete the extended evaluation only for a
plausible trial or adoption.

## First-pass screen

### Demonstrated problem — required now

What has happened that demonstrates a real problem?

### Observable benefit — required now

What result should improve, and how would you observe the improvement?

### Important cost or risk — required now

Name the most important account, cost, privacy, format, maintenance, learning,
or recovery obligation.

### Smallest reversible trial — required now

What limited test could produce evidence without risking important work? If no
safe exit path is known, stop and investigate before trial.

First-pass decision: Trial / Not now

Reason:

## Extended evaluation — required only after the proposal survives

### Charter outcome and current approach

Which charter outcome, constraint, or ownership goal does the proposal address?
Could a smaller change to the current approach solve the problem?

### Complexity and maintenance

Consider accounts, cost, updates, subscriptions, plugins, synchronization,
formats, documentation, troubleshooting, and learning time.

### Data, export, and removal

Where will source data live? Can it be exported in a usable format? How can the
change be reversed without losing important work?

### Decision after the trial

Choose: Adopt / Continue trial / Not now

Reason:

Reconsider when:

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# Not Now

Add delayed proposals below. Preserve the reason and a specific reconsideration
condition.

## Proposal

Reason:

Reconsider when: