Financial statements showing the source and availability of funds, records of the household's assets and obligations, and the personal history each route will examine. Add current official descriptions of both programs, dated, so the comparison rests on published terms rather than commentary. Note which figures are confirmed and which are assumptions.
Date every figure you rely on
Program terms change, and a comparison built on an old page becomes wrong without announcing itself. Record where each number came from and when it was checked, then re-check before any irreversible payment. Where a source is a marketing summary rather than an official publication, mark it as unverified.
This discipline matters most for the route not yet chosen, because attention naturally drifts to the preferred option and its rival is quoted from memory. Date every figure the comparison relies on and record where it came from, then re-check before any irreversible payment, because programme terms change and a comparison built on an old page becomes wrong without announcing itself. The comparison itself needs financial statements showing the source and availability of funds, records of the household's assets and obligations, and the personal history each route will examine, alongside current official descriptions of both programmes.
This discipline matters most for the route not yet preferred, since its rival tends to be quoted from memory.