Assess whether TDP is complete enough to compete the work (fb1671)
August 31, 2026
SITUATION Depot procurement-intelligence analyst in an ALC working a shortage on a high-demand NSN has one working extract — BOM that still lists a cancelled spec — after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock. If BOM that still lists a cancelled spec cannot support TDP is complete enough, the only defensible Defense Sustainment output is hold.
DECISION Depot procurement-intelligence analyst in an ALC working a shortage on a high-demand NSN must choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold using BOM that still lists a cancelled spec after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock.
HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Authorize Fund and move materiel now; BOM that still lists a cancelled spec already has the discriminator after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock. 2. Keep Cannibalize or substitute in force until BOM that still lists a cancelled spec is completed after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock for depot procurement-intelligence analyst. 3. Treat BOM that still lists a cancelled spec as Defer a cycle because both readings appear after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock. 4. Refuse a Defense Sustainment close: depot procurement-intelligence analyst does not have the decision TDP is complete enough turns on in BOM that still lists a cancelled spec.
ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Test whether the shortfall is materiel, maintenance posting, or a bad count. 2. Compare on-hand, due-in, and condemned quantities in BOM that still lists a cancelled spec. 3. Quantify mission impact if TDP is complete enough is deferred one cycle in an ALC working a shortage on a high-demand NSN. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read BOM that still lists a cancelled spec against a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock and write the one fact that would move TDP is complete enough for depot procurement-intelligence analyst.
RECOMMENDATION Depot procurement-intelligence analyst should take Cannibalize or substitute on TDP is complete enough unless BOM that still lists a cancelled spec after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock already proves Fund and move materiel for this Depot Procurement Intelligence packet in an ALC working a shortage on a high-demand NSN. Keep Defer a cycle live only while BOM that still lists a cancelled spec is missing the decision TDP is complete enough turns on. The working test on BOM that still lists a cancelled spec is whether Test whether the shortfall is materiel, maintenance posting, or a bad count..
COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Defense Sustainment option on TDP is complete enough, then the evidence in BOM that still lists a cancelled spec, then the action for depot procurement-intelligence analyst - Hypothesis scorecard against BOM that still lists a cancelled spec: supported / rejected / untestable - Regulatory or exam hook Depot Procurement Intelligence would cite - Depot Procurement Intelligence finding in BOM that still lists a cancelled spec that a second reviewer can re-perform
Explore more
More Defense Sustainment prompts
- Assess whether a cancelled spec is still being bought as if current (62e341)
- Assess whether an alternate source is technically qualified (aa7148)
- Repair-vs-buy decision support lead must resolve whether an alternate source
- Assess whether duplicate documents are a system defect or a fraud-risk flag
- Assess whether the vendor map is grounded in files or folklore (001f2c)
Explore related decision areas
See governed multi-model AI on your own prompt
Compare GPT-5, Claude, and Gemini side by side, with human review and a decision record built in.

