{
  "example_kind": "synthetic editorial worksheet; not product data/import",
  "layout": "lab",
  "dataset": {
    "heading": "Inspect the invented records",
    "headers": [
      "Cause or union",
      "Start hour",
      "End hour",
      "Elapsed hours"
    ],
    "rows": [
      [
        "Missing input",
        "10",
        "14",
        "4"
      ],
      [
        "Permission issue",
        "12",
        "15",
        "3"
      ],
      [
        "Merged coverage",
        "10",
        "15",
        "5"
      ]
    ]
  },
  "derivation": "Individual lengths are 4 and 3; overlap is 2. Union = 4 + 3 − 2 = 5 elapsed hours, not 7.",
  "result": "Blocked coverage: five elapsed hours. Missing-input and permission causes remain separately owned records.",
  "boundaries": [
    [
      "Observed",
      "Two closed intervals on one clock",
      "Supports their five-hour union."
    ],
    [
      "Unknown",
      "Active effort or financial impact",
      "Do not multiply the coverage into a cost claim."
    ],
    [
      "Next check",
      "Confirm the end condition with each receiving owner",
      "Do not close a cause because a different cause cleared."
    ]
  ],
  "sources": [
    "kanban"
  ],
  "related_existing": [
    "automation-exception-review"
  ],
  "calculator": {
    "mode": "union",
    "values": "10,14;12,15",
    "unit": "elapsed hours"
  },
  "published_next_steps": [
    {
      "slug": "automation-exception-review",
      "title": "Review an automation exception before retrying"
    }
  ],
  "method_references": [
    {
      "id": "kanban",
      "title": "The Kanban Guide, May 2025",
      "url": "https://kanbanguides.org/the-kanban-guide/2025.5/",
      "scope": "Clock and work-item definitions; examples and local rules are our own."
    }
  ]
}