Inside my practice · Water utility

No rate increase, new pipes

Leaders promised major pipe replacement without a rate change while other maintenance obligations remained.

What the situation reveals

The operating condition

Two commitments depended on the same resources and could not both be fully supported.

The move I would make

Show the deferred integrity work and ask leaders to authorize the actual trade-off in public.

The question to take into the room

Which existing obligation loses capacity if the new program proceeds as promised?

Explore the architecture

Follow the condition through the system.

Start with STRATĒGA, then examine where the other disciplines alter the decision or its consequences.

Bring it into your work

Which existing obligation loses capacity if the new program proceeds as promised?

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