{
  "example_kind": "original synthetic manual planning case",
  "slug": "skill-constrained-task-allocation",
  "title": "Allocate tasks against a skill matrix",
  "scenario": "Synthetic planning case: Two people each have six hours. Only Jo has the documented localization skill. Localization needs eight hours and layout needs four.",
  "layout": "allocation",
  "dataset": {
    "heading": "Inspect the invented case records",
    "headers": [
      "Work or person",
      "Hours",
      "Qualification"
    ],
    "rows": [
      [
        "Localization",
        "8",
        "Jo only"
      ],
      [
        "Layout",
        "4",
        "Jo or Mina"
      ],
      [
        "Jo available",
        "6",
        "Localization and layout"
      ],
      [
        "Mina available",
        "6",
        "Layout"
      ]
    ]
  },
  "derivation": "Aggregate demand=8+4=12 and availability=6+6=12. Qualified localization capacity is only six; aggregate equality does not prove a feasible assignment.",
  "result": "The twelve-hour total fits aggregate availability, but localization exceeds the only qualified person’s six hours by two. Hold that assignment or establish another qualified route.",
  "boundary": "The decision tests skill-constrained feasibility even when pooled hours balance.",
  "limitations": "A skill matrix is a local planning input and can be incomplete or outdated. Confirm the actual task requirement and demonstrated eligibility.",
  "sources": [
    "schedule"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    [
      "Validate the skill requirement",
      "Receiving reviewer",
      "Localization requires the stated qualification; attendance alone is not qualification."
    ],
    [
      "Match demand to eligible people",
      "Coordinator",
      "Eight localization hours have only six eligible hours."
    ],
    [
      "Resolve the skill gap",
      "Delivery lead",
      "A qualified substitute, smaller scope or later window is confirmed before assignment."
    ]
  ],
  "faqs": [
    [
      "Can spare layout capacity fill localization automatically?",
      "No. Availability without the required qualification is not interchangeable in this case."
    ],
    [
      "Must Jo do all layout work too?",
      "No. Mina is eligible for layout; resolve the localization shortfall independently."
    ]
  ],
  "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."
    }
  ]
}