design-mitigation

Purpose

Design an intervention that prevents, detects, responds to, removes, or relaxes a failure mode.

Input contract

required: [failure_mode, causal_mechanism, resource_limits]
optional: [existing_controls, timeline, acceptance_criteria]
constraints: [residual risk and validation evidence must be explicit]

Procedure

1. Classify the failure and locate controllable causal points.
2. Generate prevention, detection, response, removal, and relaxation options.
3. Sequence selected actions with resources and validation tests.
4. Estimate residual risk and define escalation conditions.

If the mitigation has an explicit mechanism and measurable target, consider validate-mitigation-effect as the next tactic.