resource-constraint

Productivity

Are resources sufficient? — Quantify compute, data, time, human, and financial resource constraints

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Strategy: Resource Constraint

Methodology

Systematic resource feasibility assessment:

Demand modeling: What does the experiment need?
Supply inventory: What do we actually have?
Gap analysis: Where does demand exceed supply?
Critical chain: Which resource constraints lie on the critical path?
Buffer sizing: How much slack do we need?

Resource categories:

Category	Examples
Compute	GPU hours, CPU cores, memory, storage
Data	Training samples, labeled data, access rights
Time	Calendar time, researcher hours, review cycles
Human	Expertise, headcount, availability
Financial	Budget, cost per experiment, opportunity cost

Execution Flow

Quantify Resources → call resource-quantification SOP
- Input: experiment plan, resource inventory
- Output: demand/supply/gap table per category
Identify Critical Chain → call critical-chain-identification SOP
- Input: task list with resource assignments
- Output: critical chain with resource contention points
Size Buffers → call buffer-sizing SOP
- Input: critical chain, task duration estimates
- Output: project/feeding/resource buffer recommendations
Rank Sensitivity → invoke sensitivity-ranking tactic
- Determine which resource gap is most binding
Report → synthesize feasibility assessment
- Go/No-Go/Conditional recommendation

Budget Gate

Resource	Budget	Notes
Subagent calls	≤6	3 SOPs + synthesis
Iterations	≤2	Re-quantify if estimates change
Output size	≤3000 tokens	Gap table + recommendation

Available Tactics

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

Tactic	When to use
sensitivity-ranking	Rank constraints by sensitivity — which ones most impact the outcome if they shift

Available SOPs

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

SOP	When to use
buffer-sizing	Calculate project, feeding, and resource buffers — shared with implementation-planning
critical-chain-identification	Identify the critical chain — longest path considering resource contention
resource-quantification	Quantify resource demand vs supply vs gap for each resource category