#3. Compare alternatives and make a local choice

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#What this page is

This is generated FPF reference text from the specification preface or supporting sections. It helps interpret FPF; it is not FPF Reference product documentation.

#Methodology

Use it to understand how the specification wants to be read, then return to a route, pattern, or work packet for active work. Cite generated IDs only when the wording changes the task decision.

#Content

Use this when a team needs to compare technologies, vendors, designs, policies, research paths, implementation options, or architecture moves without jumping to one favorite too early.

FPF helps you state what is being compared, which characteristics matter, which candidates are still in play, what evidence is missing, when a local choice is justified, and how to publish a selected set without hiding the comparison logic.

Typical first result: a comparison note with declared characteristics, candidate set, evidence gaps, the present scope of the choice, and what a selected-set publication may and may not be used to decide.

First inspect: A.19, A.19.ECS, C.11, C.18, C.19, G.0, and G.5.

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Last Updated: 2026-06-17 — upstream FPF commit 646b0b9b (github.com/ailev/FPF)