{
  "example_kind": "original synthetic manual planning case",
  "slug": "shared-resource-path-serialization",
  "title": "Add a shared-resource constraint to a schedule",
  "scenario": "Synthetic planning case: Two independent artwork tasks take three and four model days. Both require the same sole illustrator full-time; final assembly takes one day after both.",
  "layout": "network",
  "dataset": {
    "heading": "Inspect the invented case records",
    "headers": [
      "Activity",
      "Model duration",
      "Required resource"
    ],
    "rows": [
      [
        "Artwork A",
        "3 days",
        "Sole illustrator"
      ],
      [
        "Artwork B",
        "4 days",
        "Same illustrator"
      ],
      [
        "Assembly",
        "1 day",
        "Separate assembler after both"
      ]
    ]
  },
  "derivation": "Without contention the network-only finish would be max(3,4)+1=5. The stated exclusive resource requires 3+4+1=8 days.",
  "result": "The resource-constrained plan needs at least eight model days: seven illustrator-days in sequence, then one assembly day. Logical independence does not create a second illustrator.",
  "boundary": "The example isolates the difference between logical parallelism and actual shared-resource feasibility.",
  "limitations": "This simple exclusive-resource case is not a general resource-optimization solver. Durations and availability remain assumptions.",
  "sources": [
    "schedule"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    [
      "Check exclusive resource use",
      "Resource owner",
      "A and B cannot use the sole illustrator simultaneously under this model."
    ],
    [
      "Revise the feasible sequence",
      "Scheduler",
      "The illustrator has seven nonoverlapping model days before assembly."
    ],
    [
      "Explain the schedule change",
      "Project lead",
      "Five is labelled a network-only result; eight reflects the declared resource constraint."
    ]
  ],
  "faqs": [
    [
      "Can I choose either artwork first?",
      "Yes under these inputs; both orders finish at eight days. Other deadlines may distinguish them."
    ],
    [
      "Does another team member remove the constraint?",
      "Only if their eligibility and availability are established; do not infer substitution from headcount."
    ]
  ],
  "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."
    }
  ]
}