Toggle between two synthetic paths assigned opposite outcomes. All curves, thresholds, percentages, and timings in this figure are illustrative rather than measured.
Conceptual / synthetic
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Construction progress
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Forfeiture
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how much available future commitment has already spent
Illustrated lost-route window
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synthetic steps after assigned route loss
Opacity
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Can this trajectory tell its own fate?
What the process sees
What the scenario assigns
About this figure: the curves and values are invented to teach the idea. They are not evidence from a real process and do not show that recovery is impossible.