# Remove a dominated task option cautiously

Illustrative planning brief; no automatic product import.

Synthetic planning case: A toy comparison treats more supplied benefit points and fewer effort-hours as preferable. A has five points at four hours, B five at six and C seven at eight.

## Decision

A dominates B under the stated two-dimension rule: equal benefit and lower effort. A and C remain a tradeoff; the rule alone does not choose between them.

## Owned work

- Agree the comparison dimensions
  - Owner role: Decision owner
  - Acceptance evidence: More points and fewer hours are the declared preference directions.
- Inspect dominated alternatives
  - Owner role: Planner
  - Acceptance evidence: A is no worse than B on either supplied dimension and is better on effort.
- Keep the remaining tradeoff open
  - Owner role: Receiving lead
  - Acceptance evidence: A versus C needs a preference or constraint not provided by dominance.

## Workflow

1. Agree the comparison dimensions. Check: More points and fewer hours are the declared preference directions.
2. Inspect dominated alternatives. Check: A is no worse than B on either supplied dimension and is better on effort.
3. Keep the remaining tradeoff open. Check: A versus C needs a preference or constraint not provided by dominance.

## Judgment

This screen relies on supplied dimensions and their preference directions; it is not an empirical value estimate.


## Filled manual planning note

A dominates B under the stated two-dimension rule: equal benefit and lower effort. A and C remain a tradeoff; the rule alone does not choose between them. A has benefit≥B and effort≤B, with a strict effort improvement. C offers more points but also more effort, so neither A nor C dominates the other. This screen relies on supplied dimensions and their preference directions; it is not an empirical value estimate.


## Workflow questions

### Does dominance prove A is best overall?

No. Unmodelled requirements or risks can change eligibility, and C remains nondominated.

### What if the benefit points are uncertain?

Preserve the uncertainty and recheck whether the dominance claim still holds.

## Product connection

Use the owned checks and downloaded brief to discuss this planning decision alongside your TeamBoostAI tasks. Confirm available fields, roles and account features separately. The example is manual; it does not calculate live analytics, create work or run an experiment in the product.

Confirm account availability before adopting this manual outline.

## Original worked case

Synthetic records, manual planning only. No account import or live analytics.

### Inspect the invented case records

Option | Supplied benefit points | Effort-hours
--- | --- | ---
A | 5 | 4
B | 5 | 6
C | 7 | 8

### Reasoning

A has benefit≥B and effort≤B, with a strict effort improvement. C offers more points but also more effort, so neither A nor C dominates the other.

### Bounded result

A dominates B under the stated two-dimension rule: equal benefit and lower effort. A and C remain a tradeoff; the rule alone does not choose between them.

### Distinct decision

The decision removes a strictly dominated option without pretending all surviving tradeoffs have one mathematical winner.

### Limits

This screen relies on supplied dimensions and their preference directions; it is not an empirical value estimate.

### Definitions and method context

- Original worked-case definitions — Definitions, policy choices, records and calculations are authored for this worksheet. No external standard, statistical validation or live product measurement is claimed.