The Practical Check
A confirmed person does not confirm the whole start chain. Check permission, funded order and delivery separately. A calculated delivery date still leaves preparation readiness and actual authority to verify; choose conditional wording rather than inventing certainty.
Your Starting Facts
Fictional promise: training starts January 12,2027. Permission decision is expected December 15,2026; permission not issued. Thirty room-equipment kits need exactly 21 calendar days after funded order for delivery, no holiday adjustment. Funding lacks written confirmation; no order may be placed until funded. Trainer confirmed January 12. Delivery needed by January 12; preparation duration UNKNOWN. Which statement is supportable?
Worked Example
January 12 minus 21 days = December 22,2026 latest funded order for delivery alone. December 15 is 7 days before that date, but an expected decision can grant or deny permission. Written funding confirmation and issued permission by December 22, with a funded order that day, support kit delivery timing only. Preparation still UNKNOWN, so an unconditional January 12 start is unsupported. The program lead chooses conditional proposal wording under actual authority; the partner's authorized finance owner confirms funding. A new written funding confirmation or actual permission changes evidence, not all remaining dependencies.
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Continue With the Resource
Continue the Related JourneyOptional Facilitator Note
New fictional chain: room access granted; handouts need 10 calendar days after funded order and must arrive February 20,2027. Funding will be confirmed February 12. No alternative stock or faster route is supplied. Is the February 20 promise supported?
Work Product: Latest order for delivery alone is February 10. Funding February 12 comes 2 days later; earliest funded-order delivery February 22 misses by 2 days. No unconditional promise supported. Expediting and preparation readiness remain UNKNOWN; an authorized person must verify any alternative. Source scope: CC 26 (September 16, 2026), charity decision guidance (November 2, 2020), Tools 8/10 (January 3, 2011) provide England/Wales risk, delegation and checklist background. UK short-form buyer guidance v1.5(A), September 2025, illustrates document-specific commencement conditions; its model defaults are not NGO terms. Checked November 1, 2026. Dependency test and cases are OpenAid teaching design.
Debrief and Reasons
Which supplied fact supports the answer?
Separate evidence from inference.
What remains unknown or conditional?
Do not turn a learning answer into authority.
Source and Scope
- Charities and Risk Management
current publication updated September 16, 2026; Risk identification, assessment and management framework
- Making Decisions at a Charity
November 2, 2020; Information, records and delegation
- Outline Partnership Agreement
January 3, 2011; Sections 5 to 9, responsibilities and adjustments
- Know Your Partner: Key Issues
January 3, 2011; External risks
- Short Form Contract Guidance for Buyers
Version1.5(A),September2025; Printed 16 / PDF index 15, separate-signing and commencement limitation
Fictional examples for practice. Completing an exercise does not certify competence.