{
  "example_kind": "original synthetic manual planning case",
  "slug": "dependency-lag-work-disclosure",
  "title": "Replace a hidden lag with owned work",
  "scenario": "Synthetic planning case: A plan inserts a two-day gap after artwork before publication. The gap actually contains one day of rights review and one day of receiving approval.",
  "layout": "network",
  "dataset": {
    "heading": "Inspect the invented case records",
    "headers": [
      "Stage",
      "Model days",
      "Meaning"
    ],
    "rows": [
      [
        "Artwork complete",
        "0 at handoff",
        "Upstream output"
      ],
      [
        "Rights review",
        "1",
        "Owned review work"
      ],
      [
        "Receiving approval",
        "1",
        "Owned acceptance work"
      ],
      [
        "Publication",
        "After both",
        "Next permitted stage"
      ]
    ]
  },
  "derivation": "The visible sequence still spans two days in this model, but its components are one-day reviews with separate proof. Equal totals do not make their semantics interchangeable.",
  "result": "Represent the two owned review activities explicitly before relying on the publication date; a bare lag hides their evidence and responsible roles.",
  "boundary": "This distinguishes an unexplained schedule lag from activities that require ownership and proof.",
  "limitations": "The example does not supply legal clearance or a publication permission. Apply the organization’s actual review process.",
  "sources": [
    "schedule"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    [
      "Investigate the gap",
      "Planning owner",
      "The supposed lag contains two distinct review obligations."
    ],
    [
      "Assign the hidden work",
      "Review coordinators",
      "Rights review and receiving approval have separate roles and evidence."
    ],
    [
      "Update publication readiness",
      "Publisher",
      "Both reviews are accepted before the publication gate is crossed."
    ]
  ],
  "faqs": [
    [
      "Does making the activities visible shorten the plan?",
      "Not by itself. It makes responsibility and missing evidence inspectable."
    ],
    [
      "Can a genuine external wait stay a lag?",
      "It may, with an explicit meaning and end condition; do not hide required owned work inside it."
    ]
  ],
  "method_references": [
    {
      "id": "schedule",
      "title": "GAO Schedule Assessment Guide",
      "url": "https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-16-89g",
      "scope": "General schedule-model context. All records, local policies and arithmetic are original toy examples, not a certified or optimized schedule."
    }
  ]
}