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OPS.10.2:6 - Bias-Annotation

Finite deterministic schedules favor work whose remaining operations and durations can be specified. Discovery work or frequent unplanned returns can require scenarios, rolling revision or a different service model. Keep that uncertainty visible without withholding a useful known-date bound.

The examples assume that named people and machines are interchangeable only where stated. Human fatigue, location, recovery and skill conditions can change available occupation. Recover them when they alter the proposed plan rather than treating a calendar reservation as supplied capability.