{
  "example_kind": "original synthetic manual planning case",
  "slug": "pareto-task-option-screen",
  "title": "Remove a dominated task option cautiously",
  "scenario": "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.",
  "layout": "allocation",
  "dataset": {
    "heading": "Inspect the invented case records",
    "headers": [
      "Option",
      "Supplied benefit points",
      "Effort-hours"
    ],
    "rows": [
      [
        "A",
        "5",
        "4"
      ],
      [
        "B",
        "5",
        "6"
      ],
      [
        "C",
        "7",
        "8"
      ]
    ]
  },
  "derivation": "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.",
  "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.",
  "boundary": "The decision removes a strictly dominated option without pretending all surviving tradeoffs have one mathematical winner.",
  "limitations": "This screen relies on supplied dimensions and their preference directions; it is not an empirical value estimate.",
  "sources": [
    "original"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    [
      "Agree the comparison dimensions",
      "Decision owner",
      "More points and fewer hours are the declared preference directions."
    ],
    [
      "Inspect dominated alternatives",
      "Planner",
      "A is no worse than B on either supplied dimension and is better on effort."
    ],
    [
      "Keep the remaining tradeoff open",
      "Receiving lead",
      "A versus C needs a preference or constraint not provided by dominance."
    ]
  ],
  "faqs": [
    [
      "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."
    ]
  ],
  "method_references": [
    {
      "id": "original",
      "title": "Original worked-case definitions",
      "scope": "Definitions, policy choices, records and calculations are authored for this worksheet. No external standard, statistical validation or live product measurement is claimed."
    }
  ]
}