{
  "example_kind": "synthetic manual decision kit",
  "layout": "changefolio",
  "heading": "Inspect the example before choosing a rule",
  "dataset": {
    "heading": "Synthetic reporting records",
    "headers": [
      "Episode",
      "UTC interval",
      "Elapsed time"
    ],
    "rows": [
      [
        "First episode",
        "09:00–14:00",
        "5h"
      ],
      [
        "Gap after acceptance",
        "14:00–16:00",
        "2h"
      ],
      [
        "Repair episode",
        "16:00–19:00",
        "3h"
      ]
    ]
  },
  "versions": {
    "original": "Draft: one 10-hour task duration with no episode context.",
    "revised": "Lifecycle note: first accepted cycle 5h; later repair interval 3h; total first-start-to-final-acceptance span 10h includes a 2h gap.",
    "changes": [
      [
        "Duration unit",
        "Single unlabeled span",
        "Separate episodes and whole-span rule"
      ],
      [
        "History",
        "Earlier acceptance overwritten",
        "Both acceptance events retained"
      ]
    ]
  },
  "explorer": {
    "label": "Choose the reporting evidence available",
    "options": [
      [
        "episodes",
        "Both acceptance events and reopen are known",
        "Use separately labelled episodes or whole span with its gap explained."
      ],
      [
        "missing",
        "A lifecycle event is missing",
        "Hold reconstructed episode durations."
      ],
      [
        "count",
        "The question is delivered-unit count",
        "Use a counted-unit policy; do not derive count from duration."
      ]
    ]
  },
  "sources": [
    "kanban"
  ],
  "method_references": [
    {
      "id": "kanban",
      "title": "The Kanban Guide, May 2025",
      "url": "https://kanbanguides.org/the-kanban-guide/2025.5/",
      "scope": "Clock and work-item definitions; examples and local rules are our own."
    }
  ]
}