OPS.8.2:2 - Problem

“No work is running” and “this capacity can be promised elsewhere” describe different conditions. An auxiliary job can consume the time needed to resume the protected service, retain a required resource after suspension, or create another commitment that prevents recall.

Keeping all such intervals empty can also forgo useful preparation and development. The practitioner needs to distinguish work that preserves the selected protection from work that spends it, and to compare the useful contribution with the costs of interruption and recovery.