The Goal: Alex and Julie
B: setting a better example as a father, and being there for your wife and children.
D: spend more time with Julie and the children
A: make sure the plant is profitable while maintaining a close relationship with family members.
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C: make sure the plant isn't going to shut down, and lose a job.
D': spend more time working at the plant in order to save jobs for friends and other local residents.
In order to make sure the plant is profitable while maintaining a close relationship with family members. I must setting a better example as a father, and being there for your wife and children. and in order to setting a better example as a father, and being there for your wife and children. I must spend more time with Julie and the children . But, in order to make sure the plant is profitable while maintaining a close relationship with family members. I must also make sure the plant isn't going to shut down, and lose a job. and in order to make sure the plant isn't going to shut down, and lose a job. I must spend more time working at the plant in order to save jobs for friends and other local residents.. I can't both spend more time with Julie and the children and spend more time working at the plant in order to save jobs for friends and other local residents..
| Relation | Assumption(s) | Injection(s) |
| D-D' | Alex needs to balance them equally in order to save both the marriage and plant | Alex can choose one for sure, but wont be able to have both go perfectly |
| B-D | Alex needs to take more time off work to patch things up with his wife who is mad at him | If Alex spends more time at home then his plant will go under and struggle to provide for his family |
| C-D' | If Alex doesnt gain all the information he can about the plant and how to save it then he will be out of a job, and wont be able to provide for his family | Alex needs to provide the best life he can for his wife and children |
| A-B | looking after your family should always come before work | If Alex isn't able to commit fully to work, he won't have a job for long |
| A-C | Alex needs to be able to provide for his family | Alex could choose the plant over his marriage but may regret that choice in the end |