{
  "example_kind": "original synthetic manual planning case",
  "slug": "pilot-protocol-deviation-log",
  "title": "Separate planned procedure from actual pilot exposure",
  "scenario": "Synthetic planning case: A pilot protocol says every proof receives independent review. In five invented cases, A,B,C follow it, D is reviewed jointly and E receives no second review.",
  "layout": "protocol",
  "dataset": {
    "heading": "Inspect the invented case records",
    "headers": [
      "Case",
      "Planned exposure",
      "Actual exposure",
      "Treatment"
    ],
    "rows": [
      [
        "A",
        "Independent review",
        "Independent",
        "As planned"
      ],
      [
        "B",
        "Independent review",
        "Independent",
        "As planned"
      ],
      [
        "C",
        "Independent review",
        "Independent",
        "As planned"
      ],
      [
        "D",
        "Independent review",
        "Joint discussion",
        "Deviation"
      ],
      [
        "E",
        "Independent review",
        "No second review",
        "Deviation"
      ]
    ]
  },
  "derivation": "As-planned exposure is 3/5; deviations are 2/5. That is protocol-adherence description, not an outcome or success percentage.",
  "result": "Only three of five cases have the planned independent-review exposure. Keep D and E as documented deviations instead of reporting all five as a faithful protocol test.",
  "boundary": "The decision audits planned versus delivered exposure, rather than attributing a result to multiple simultaneous changes.",
  "limitations": "The protocol and records are synthetic. Outcome evidence and a justified analysis plan remain separate.",
  "sources": [
    "nist"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    [
      "Freeze the intended procedure",
      "Pilot owner",
      "Independent review is defined before the cases are evaluated."
    ],
    [
      "Record actual exposure",
      "Recorder",
      "Joint and absent reviews retain their distinct deviation reasons."
    ],
    [
      "Bound the pilot finding",
      "Method reviewer",
      "Claims about the planned procedure distinguish as-planned and deviating cases."
    ]
  ],
  "faqs": [
    [
      "Must deviating cases disappear?",
      "No. Retain them with their actual exposure and use an appropriate stated interpretation."
    ],
    [
      "Does 3/5 prove independent review is ineffective?",
      "No. It describes procedure adherence, not the effect or quality of that procedure."
    ]
  ],
  "method_references": [
    {
      "id": "nist",
      "title": "NIST combinatorial testing",
      "url": "https://www.nist.gov/publications/combinatorial-testing",
      "scope": "Combination-coverage context. Invented review/state examples do not prove full fault coverage, certification or product behavior."
    }
  ]
}