{
  "example_kind": "original synthetic manual planning case",
  "slug": "borrowed-resource-onboarding-break-even",
  "title": "Check whether borrowing a resource can shorten a schedule",
  "scenario": "Synthetic planning case: Two artwork tasks use one illustrator for three and four model days, then one day of assembly. A borrowed illustrator can take the four-day task only after qualification preparation by a separate available trainer; preparation takes either two or four scenario days.",
  "layout": "network",
  "dataset": {
    "heading": "Inspect the invented case records",
    "headers": [
      "Scenario",
      "Artwork A finish",
      "Borrowed preparation + B",
      "Assembly finish"
    ],
    "rows": [
      [
        "Current sole illustrator",
        "Day 3",
        "B after A: day 7",
        "Day 8"
      ],
      [
        "Borrowed, two-day preparation",
        "Day 3",
        "2+4=day 6",
        "Day 7"
      ],
      [
        "Borrowed, four-day preparation",
        "Day 3",
        "4+4=day 8",
        "Day 9"
      ]
    ]
  },
  "derivation": "Current finish=3+4+1=8. Borrowed finish=max(3,t+4)+1. A strictly earlier finish needs t<3; at t=3 it ties. Both illustrations and the trainer must have separate capacity.",
  "result": "The current serial plan finishes at day eight. With two days of separate-trainer preparation, the borrowed route finishes at seven; with four, it finishes at nine. Extra headcount alone does not establish a gain.",
  "boundary": "The decision tests a resource-substitution break-even condition, distinct from permission to start against partial upstream input.",
  "limitations": "This toy comparison excludes rework and actual qualification uncertainty. It is not a promise of faster delivery or an automatic staffing recommendation.",
  "sources": [
    "schedule"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    [
      "Confirm the actual substitute route",
      "Resource owner",
      "The borrowed illustrator becomes eligible only after the stated preparation."
    ],
    [
      "Charge qualification lead time",
      "Planner",
      "The two-day and four-day scenarios are included before comparing finish dates."
    ],
    [
      "Verify separate trainer capacity",
      "Receiving lead",
      "Training does not silently consume the original illustrator or another required shared resource."
    ]
  ],
  "faqs": [
    [
      "Why can the added person make the plan later?",
      "Qualification lead time can exceed the benefit of separating the two artwork tasks."
    ],
    [
      "What if the original illustrator must train the substitute?",
      "Rebuild the resource model; the separate-trainer assumption no longer holds."
    ]
  ],
  "method_references": [
    {
      "id": "schedule",
      "title": "GAO Schedule Assessment Guide",
      "url": "https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-16-89g",
      "scope": "General schedule-model context. All records, local policies and arithmetic are original toy examples, not a certified or optimized schedule."
    }
  ]
}