# Check whether borrowing a resource can shorten a schedule

Illustrative planning brief; no automatic product import.

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.

## Decision

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.

## Owned work

- Confirm the actual substitute route
  - Owner role: Resource owner
  - Acceptance evidence: The borrowed illustrator becomes eligible only after the stated preparation.
- Charge qualification lead time
  - Owner role: Planner
  - Acceptance evidence: The two-day and four-day scenarios are included before comparing finish dates.
- Verify separate trainer capacity
  - Owner role: Receiving lead
  - Acceptance evidence: Training does not silently consume the original illustrator or another required shared resource.

## Workflow

1. Confirm the actual substitute route. Check: The borrowed illustrator becomes eligible only after the stated preparation.
2. Charge qualification lead time. Check: The two-day and four-day scenarios are included before comparing finish dates.
3. Verify separate trainer capacity. Check: Training does not silently consume the original illustrator or another required shared resource.

## Judgment

This toy comparison excludes rework and actual qualification uncertainty. It is not a promise of faster delivery or an automatic staffing recommendation.


## Filled manual planning note

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. 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. This toy comparison excludes rework and actual qualification uncertainty. It is not a promise of faster delivery or an automatic staffing recommendation.


## Before / after

Before: Existing exclusive-illustrator route ends at model day eight.

After: The borrowed route ends at seven or nine depending on qualification preparation, with separate trainer capacity required.


## Workflow questions

### 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.

## Product connection

Use the owned checks and downloaded brief to discuss this planning decision alongside your TeamBoostAI tasks. Confirm available fields, roles and account features separately. The example is manual; it does not calculate live analytics, create work or run an experiment in the product.

Confirm account availability before adopting this manual outline.

## Original worked case

Synthetic records, manual planning only. No account import or live analytics.

### Inspect the invented case records

Scenario | Artwork A finish | Borrowed preparation + B | Assembly finish
--- | --- | --- | ---
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

### Reasoning

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.

### Bounded 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.

### Distinct decision

The decision tests a resource-substitution break-even condition, distinct from permission to start against partial upstream input.

### Limits

This toy comparison excludes rework and actual qualification uncertainty. It is not a promise of faster delivery or an automatic staffing recommendation.

### Definitions and method context

- GAO Schedule Assessment Guide — https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-16-89g — General schedule-model context. All records, local policies and arithmetic are original toy examples, not a certified or optimized schedule.