C.43:5.2 - A feasible local correction can defeat the next commitment

A service team has six specialist-hours available before the next deadline. A repair requires four hours; an already accepted obligation requires three. Separate forecasts that assign all six hours to each task make both look feasible. The joint continuation needs seven.

The common Method connects the obligations to the same capacity and time window. It prompts a substantive choice: obtain an additional qualified hour that can actually be used in time, change one scope or deadline with the relevant participant, or choose which consequence to accept under legitimate authority. Merely recalculating a more accurate completion forecast does not create the missing capacity.

If another qualified specialist becomes available, the resource conflict can close without changing the goal. If the client withdraws the obligation, the goal and commitment basis changes even with no forecasting error. If neither remedy can be arranged inside the decision window, the team may need a different standing allocation or authority arrangement. The changed dependency selects the different return.