{
  "example_kind": "original synthetic manual planning case",
  "slug": "capacity-pool-double-allocation",
  "title": "Shared capacity counted twice across projects",
  "scenario": "Synthetic planning case: A shared editing pool has 24 person-hours available this week. Project North requests 16 and South requests 12; both project plans describe the full pool as theirs.",
  "layout": "allocation",
  "dataset": {
    "heading": "Inspect the invented case records",
    "headers": [
      "Capacity or request",
      "Person-hours",
      "Scope"
    ],
    "rows": [
      [
        "Shared pool",
        "24",
        "One pool"
      ],
      [
        "North request",
        "16",
        "Uses shared pool"
      ],
      [
        "South request",
        "12",
        "Uses the same pool"
      ]
    ]
  },
  "derivation": "16+12=28 requested; 28−24=4 uncovered person-hours. Adding the same 24-hour pool to each project does not create 48 hours.",
  "result": "The combined request is 28 person-hours against one 24-hour pool. Resolve the four-hour over-allocation before accepting both project plans.",
  "boundary": "This audits duplicate use of one availability pool across project allocations; it is not merely a sprint availability checklist.",
  "limitations": "Availability and demand are supplied planning inputs, not measured productivity. A different skill or calendar constraint may still block a feasible total.",
  "sources": [
    "schedule"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    [
      "Identify the shared pool",
      "Capacity owner",
      "Both project allocations point to the same 24-hour availability record."
    ],
    [
      "Reconcile combined demand",
      "Planning lead",
      "The combined 28-hour request and four-hour excess are visible."
    ],
    [
      "Agree the displacement",
      "Project owners",
      "A named request is reduced, moved or supplied by separately confirmed capacity."
    ]
  ],
  "faqs": [
    [
      "Can each project pass its own capacity check?",
      "Yes, each request is below 24; the shared-pool check still fails when requests are combined."
    ],
    [
      "Does the four-hour gap imply overtime?",
      "No. Additional availability requires a separate agreement; the ledger does not authorize it."
    ]
  ],
  "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."
    }
  ]
}