STR.1:5.2 - A professional with eight available hours

A self-directed practitioner asks whether to develop a new paid service. They have eight hours per week after current commitments. An adviser offers a direction, but the practitioner alone can choose how to allocate those hours.

The bounded question is whether to retain the current practice, replace a named activity or undertake a smaller exploration over the next three months without impairing the obligations that protect their livelihood. Six hours of study plus six hours of client development require twelve hours a week, four more than the available eight. That excludes the programme as currently specified while leaving the framed alternatives open.