The Harbor Advisory resourcing manager wants the staffing option with higher forecast margin while preserving qualified delivery. Test moving the automation booking to p7 in an isolated scenario. Retain baseline and option financial tables, calculate the option result and make a checked recommendation. The live schedule must remain unchanged.
The resourcing manager asks whether moving automation work from p5 to p7 would improve the forecast. Both people meet the role, but they have different bill and cost rates. A lower delivery cost doesn't necessarily produce a higher margin because revenue also changes with the assigned person's bill rate.
Create an isolated option, move the existing booking inside it and compare the same January week with the baseline. Keep both financial tables saved. The numeric step asks for the option's margin, which is a scheduled-work forecast rather than realized profit. The final recommendation follows the stated objective: protect forecast margin while keeping the work feasible. You should be able to reject a cheaper option for that objective without claiming it is wrong for every other purpose. A training or retention objective would require a different explicit trade-off.