{
  "example_kind": "original synthetic manual planning case",
  "slug": "process-learning-cost-budget",
  "title": "Include the learning cost of a new workflow",
  "scenario": "Synthetic planning case: A new manual review protocol needs four hours of practice once, then twenty supplied minutes per proof instead of thirty. Six proofs are planned for the first period.",
  "layout": "allocation",
  "dataset": {
    "heading": "Inspect the invented case records",
    "headers": [
      "Demand line",
      "Old route",
      "New route"
    ],
    "rows": [
      [
        "One-time practice",
        "0 additional",
        "240 min"
      ],
      [
        "Per proof",
        "30 min",
        "20 min"
      ],
      [
        "Six-proof period",
        "180 min",
        "240+120=360 min"
      ]
    ]
  },
  "derivation": "Per-proof difference is ten minutes. Recovering 240 practice minutes would require 24 proofs under the supplied unchanged durations; six proofs recover only 60 minutes.",
  "result": "The first-period new-protocol demand is six hours versus three for the old route. Under unchanged assumptions, twenty-four proofs merely break even on total time; learning cost must stay visible.",
  "boundary": "The artifact distinguishes one-time learning demand from repeated processing in a selected planning horizon.",
  "limitations": "The supplied durations are not observed savings or ROI. Stable per-proof demand and no extra refresh training are explicit assumptions.",
  "sources": [
    "schedule"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    [
      "Separate practice from operating time",
      "Training owner",
      "The four-hour one-time obligation has a named receiving check."
    ],
    [
      "Calculate the relevant workload horizon",
      "Planner",
      "Six proofs do not reach the 24-proof toy break-even count."
    ],
    [
      "Review non-time outcomes",
      "Decision owner",
      "Quality, fit and actual learning evidence are considered before selecting the route."
    ]
  ],
  "faqs": [
    [
      "Does break-even prove the new protocol should be adopted?",
      "No. The durations are assumptions and quality or operating fit may matter more."
    ],
    [
      "Can practice cost be erased after adoption?",
      "Keep its historical demand distinct; later steady-state periods may use a different scoped comparison."
    ]
  ],
  "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."
    }
  ]
}