"Decision-making fails when authority is implicit rather than explicit.
A standard is a commitment you make to your future self. In a status update where leadership wants certainty you do not have, it exists so you do not have to reinvent judgment every time the room is loud.
In a status update where leadership wants certainty you do not have, the fastest path is to skip the uncomfortable conversation. That buys speed today and inconsistency tomorrow. Make the signal observable, not philosophical, so you can act without debating intentions. Make the boundary explicit enough that a peer could disagree with it; if no one can disagree, no one can defend it under pressure.
Eliot Jaques is useful here because it forces precision. Make the boundary explicit: the next action, the non-action, and the condition that forces a revisit. Do not add ceremony; add precision.