{
  "example_kind": "original synthetic manual planning case",
  "slug": "paired-work-person-hour-budget",
  "title": "Budget paired work in person-hours",
  "scenario": "Synthetic planning case: A troubleshooting rehearsal needs two participants together for three elapsed hours. The staffing plan reserves three person-hours in total.",
  "layout": "allocation",
  "dataset": {
    "heading": "Inspect the invented case records",
    "headers": [
      "Participant",
      "Joint elapsed window",
      "Staffing demand"
    ],
    "rows": [
      [
        "Facilitator",
        "3 hours",
        "3 person-hours"
      ],
      [
        "Operator",
        "3 hours",
        "3 person-hours"
      ],
      [
        "Pair total",
        "3 elapsed hours",
        "6 person-hours"
      ]
    ]
  },
  "derivation": "Two participants×three hours=6 person-hours. The session still occupies three elapsed hours, not six elapsed hours.",
  "result": "Reserve six person-hours for the three-hour pair session, and separately verify that both people share the full window.",
  "boundary": "The guide reconciles paired elapsed time with resource consumption; it does not recommend pairing as a universal technique.",
  "limitations": "Person-hours measure staffing demand under this protocol, not a productivity score or a promise that pairing is faster.",
  "sources": [
    "schedule"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    [
      "Define required participation",
      "Rehearsal owner",
      "Both roles must attend the full three-hour session."
    ],
    [
      "Charge each availability ledger",
      "Coordinator",
      "Three hours are reserved for each participant, six person-hours combined."
    ],
    [
      "Verify the joint booking",
      "Participants",
      "Both confirm the same full window before the rehearsal is committed."
    ]
  ],
  "faqs": [
    [
      "Does pairing halve the work duration?",
      "Nothing in these records proves a speed effect. They only describe the required joint session."
    ],
    [
      "Can six person-hours guarantee a usable joint slot?",
      "No. Separate calendar availability must overlap for the full three hours."
    ]
  ],
  "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."
    }
  ]
}