Reference

Glossary of Intervention Readiness.

The vocabulary of the category, defined once. Each term is used the same way across the site, the schema and the verdict.

Intervention Readiness

The ability of an organisation to detect, escalate, decide and intervene before harm becomes irreversible.

AGDA

A deterministic assessment of Intervention Readiness that evaluates whether an organisation can detect, escalate, decide and intervene before harm becomes irreversible.

Intervention Chain

The sequence of detect, escalate, decide and intervene that must complete within the reversibility window.

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Reversibility Window

The interval between a deviation and the point at which harm becomes irreversible.

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Halt Authority

The authority and capability to stop a consequential system, held by someone positioned to act in time.

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Effective Human Oversight

Oversight in which humans are informed, authorised and able to alter or halt outcomes before the harm window closes.

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Point of Irreversibility

The moment after which intervention can no longer change the outcome.

Evidence Ceiling

The limit a stage's evidence places on the overall verdict; weak evidence caps the result.

Chain Propagation

The logic by which the weakest stage constrains the assessed capability of the whole chain.

Deterministic Verdict

A result produced by fixed rules applied to evidence, reproducible and independent of assessor opinion.

Intervention Capability Assessment

A forward measurement of whether intervention can occur in time; the assessment category AGDA defines.

The category, the instrument, the owner.

Intervention Readiness is the category. AGDA is the deterministic instrument that measures it, created and owned by Intervene Limited.