DELEGATION BOUNDARY
The limit of what may be handed over is found by crossing it.
01 DEFINITION
Condition in which the limit of what may be delegated to an automated function is undefined at the moment supervision is required, and becomes visible only after that limit has been passed.
02 CONDITIONS
UNCERTAINTY
MISSING
The delegable range is not stated in advance.
TIME PRESSURE
SHORT
By the time the boundary is checked, intervention is already due.
ERROR ASYMMETRY
ASYMMETRIC
Over-delegation costs more than under-delegation.
OPERATOR STATE
SUPERVISORY
The operator approves and oversees rather than acts.
03 WHERE IT APPEARS
LOGISTICSThe approval range for automated dispatch decisions is adjusted after the fact.
DEFENSEThe acceptance range for automatic determinations is applied differently by situation.
MOBILITYThe intervention threshold of an autonomous function is reset during operation.
04 WHY THIS IS COMING
What stays unresolved is where such a limit can be stated before the case that tests it — a boundary set in advance is set without the situation that will matter, and one set at the moment is set by whoever is already past it.
05 LINKED TERMS
PS-CLS-029 BOUNDARY CASE ESCALATIONPS-HND-059 AUTHORITY REVOCATIONPS-MOD-062 HANDOVER WITHOUT A MOMENTPS-MOD-070 MANUAL REVERSION COSTPS-SUP-081 INTERVENTION TIMINGPS-SUP-083 PARALLEL AGENT SUPERVISIONPS-SUP-087 DELEGATED ACTION AUDITPS-SUP-088 STOP AUTHORITY CLARITYPS-TRU-118 VERIFICATION SKIPPINGPS-COO-140 MULTI-OPERATOR DEADLOCKPS-REP-164 INSTRUCTION AND INTENTIONPS-SUP-185 AUTHORITY WITHOUT SITUATIONPS-TRU-186 CONSENT AT THE WRONG GRAIN