{
  "example_kind": "original synthetic manual planning case",
  "slug": "expedite-reservation-release-checkpoint",
  "title": "Release reserved future review slots under an explicit rule",
  "scenario": "Synthetic planning case: A manual afternoon review plan has four one-hour slots from 13:00 to 17:00. Two future slots from 13:00 to 15:00 are reserved for eligible expedited work. The accepted rule permits release at 12:00 only when a complete eligibility snapshot shows none waiting.",
  "layout": "protocol",
  "dataset": {
    "heading": "Inspect the invented case records",
    "headers": [
      "Boundary",
      "Reserved or available slots",
      "Required evidence"
    ],
    "rows": [
      [
        "Shared afternoon window",
        "4 total",
        "13:00–17:00 reviewer availability"
      ],
      [
        "Expedite reservation",
        "2 future slots",
        "13:00–15:00"
      ],
      [
        "Ordinary initial plan",
        "2 slots",
        "15:00–17:00"
      ],
      [
        "Release checkpoint",
        "12:00",
        "Complete eligible-request snapshot: zero"
      ]
    ]
  },
  "derivation": "The release reallocates 2+2=4 existing future slots; it does not create six slots or recover time already elapsed. Later expedited arrivals require a new decision under the governing rule.",
  "result": "If the complete 12:00 snapshot confirms zero eligible expedited requests, the declared rule can release the two future slots and ordinary capacity rises from two to four slots. An unknown snapshot or missing release authority keeps the reservation unresolved.",
  "boundary": "The decision governs expiry and release of an unused future reservation, rather than approving urgent work that displaces a current commitment.",
  "limitations": "This is a declared manual reservation policy, not a native scheduling feature or a recommended universal expedite rule.",
  "sources": [
    "kanban"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    [
      "Verify the accepted release policy",
      "Workflow owner",
      "The 12:00 condition and decision authority are documented."
    ],
    [
      "Check complete eligibility evidence",
      "Queue reviewer",
      "Zero means a complete snapshot has no eligible expedite, not that a partial search found none."
    ],
    [
      "Reallocate only future windows",
      "Scheduler",
      "The two 13:00–15:00 slots are still available and the revised ordinary plan remains within four."
    ]
  ],
  "faqs": [
    [
      "Can an incomplete search justify release?",
      "No. The rule requires complete eligibility evidence at the checkpoint."
    ],
    [
      "Can an already elapsed reserved hour be recovered?",
      "No. Reallocating a future slot is different from inventing capacity after its window has passed."
    ]
  ],
  "method_references": [
    {
      "id": "kanban",
      "title": "The Kanban Guide",
      "url": "https://kanbanguides.org/the-kanban-guide/",
      "scope": "Workflow and flow-measure context. Queue policies and staffing scenarios are explicitly local examples, not delivery guarantees."
    }
  ]
}