In: Civil Engineering
An organization's policy reflect the objective of the program. It convey the amount of risk which senior management is ready to take. Guidelines are used to explain the what are best practices.
In order to compare two similar policy framework & planning structure you should have enough information to check which, if any, of the potential alternatives have a lower overall negative impact to business health in the suitable context. The chosen alternative should be able to consider the full range of advantages and limitations of substitutes, including balancing factors such as product functionality, product efficacy, process safety, and resource use. It is good to keep a dedicated step for determining basic acceptability, without forcing a ranking or further narrowing the list of alternatives, because having more than one acceptable alternative may be desirable under certain circumstances and contexts.