Chain Development
Whether to go further should rest on what this work has shown.
What the last step taught informs whether the next step is warranted, and what shape it should take.
Evidence before the next commitment
What the last step taught is the ground for the next decision. What held, and what did not, is named before anything more is committed.
Nordleid does not treat continuation as automatic. The next commitment has to justify itself.
What the decision can be
Continue. Widen. Stop. Change the edges. Hand the work back. Each of those is a real outcome, stopping included. The evidence has to be able to support any of them.