In Workday, eligibility rules are evaluated sequentially, and performance optimization is achieved by placing the most restrictive condition first. This minimizes the number of records evaluated in subsequent conditions.

In this scenario:

Only 5 employees meet the job family criterion

50 employees meet the organization criterion

To optimize performance, the rule should first evaluate job family, which immediately narrows the population to a smaller subset. The organization criterion is then evaluated against this reduced population.

Placing organizational membership first would cause unnecessary evaluation of a much larger group, negatively impacting performance. Workday does not automatically sequence eligibility conditions, and removing criteria would violate the business requirement.

Therefore, job family should precede organizational membership, making option D correct.