{
  "example_kind": "original synthetic manual planning case",
  "slug": "priority-tie-rule-ledger",
  "title": "Record a tie rule before selecting work",
  "scenario": "Synthetic planning case: Two eligible proofs both score eight under the agreed rubric. A’s receiving materials are ready on day two and B’s on day four. The declared tie rule selects earlier readiness.",
  "layout": "allocation",
  "dataset": {
    "heading": "Inspect the invented case records",
    "headers": [
      "Proof",
      "Primary score",
      "Ready day",
      "Tie-rule result"
    ],
    "rows": [
      [
        "A",
        "8",
        "2",
        "Selected first"
      ],
      [
        "B",
        "8",
        "4",
        "Remains next eligible option"
      ]
    ]
  },
  "derivation": "Primary score difference=8−8=0. The secondary ready-day comparison is two versus four under the stated policy, not an additional hidden score.",
  "result": "Choose A under the already-declared readiness tie rule, while retaining that both primary scores are eight. Do not invent a score difference to justify the choice.",
  "boundary": "The artifact records a true tie and a declared secondary selection basis.",
  "limitations": "A secondary policy does not establish fairness or universal priority. Preserve its local authority and evidence.",
  "sources": [
    "original"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    [
      "Confirm equal primary results",
      "Reviewer",
      "Both eligible proofs genuinely score eight under the same rubric."
    ],
    [
      "Check the accepted tie rule",
      "Decision owner",
      "Earlier verified readiness governs this tie."
    ],
    [
      "Record the reason for order",
      "Planner",
      "A is first because of the tie rule, not a fabricated primary-score improvement."
    ]
  ],
  "faqs": [
    [
      "Can every tie use readiness?",
      "Only if that is the accepted policy for the decision; other contexts may need another rule."
    ],
    [
      "What if the ready dates are unconfirmed?",
      "Keep the tie unresolved until the governing secondary evidence is available."
    ]
  ],
  "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."
    }
  ]
}