OPS.13:4.2 - Obtain the work, resource and dependency basis

Map the required work far enough to identify consequential dependencies and timing. Recover the remaining work on already admitted items, upstream readiness, actual resource windows, needed skills and configurations, setup, handover, recovery and downstream acceptance. Use OPS.10 when the capacity comparison needs development.

Check the resources’ availability for the required time, assignment and use. A provider’s offer remains conditional until its resource decision is made. A person already assigned elsewhere supplies no additional simultaneous capacity merely because their skill is suitable.

Use OPS.12 where the proposed arrangement changes human conditions. Obtain the exact professional result needed by a disputed capability, protection or release claim. A forecast can state an unresolved condition, while a commitment that depends on it needs either the result or an explicit agreement about that condition.

Keep existing evidence when it fits this demand, configuration and horizon. If a historical service forecast excludes stalled items or concerns a different work mix, inspect that limitation before relying on it. OPS.15 helps reconstruct the eligible population and observation basis.