If you are working in a relatively small airspace with lots of movements then you don't have much time to monitor, reassess if plan A works and if necessary take plan B out of your sleeve.
Spuds, I do work in a relatively small airspace with lots of movements, which is why keeping them on the rails is seriously encouraged here. Take them off on vectors, and your workload goes thru the roof.
Quoting Uberlingen doesn't help your case- that appeared to be a failure of conflict
recognition (for reasons we won't get into), not a failure of conflict
resolution . Was the word "expedite" used in that particular case?
Re-read vectorline's post.