{
  "title": "Management consulting project baselines and change records for AI",
  "source_page": "https://fiund.com/industries/management-consulting-baseline-change-data",
  "authorship": "Original fictional Fiund editorial exercise. No actual operating records or third-party source assets are included.",
  "example": {
    "title": "Report variance against the original and approved revised baselines separately",
    "context": "An independently authored project timeline uses artificial milestone days. It contains no client performance review, staffing decision, fee or real project plan.",
    "records": [
      [
        "MCB1",
        "Original practice baseline",
        "Milestone M planned day 20."
      ],
      [
        "MCB2",
        "Approved baseline revision B2",
        "M planned day 23, explicitly replacing the current baseline date while retaining B1 history."
      ],
      [
        "MCB3",
        "Completion and draft",
        "Actual M complete day 25. Unsigned proposal B3 suggests day 26; no approval."
      ]
    ],
    "question": "What schedule variances are supported against the original and approved current baselines, and can the unsigned proposal make M early?",
    "answer": "MCB3's actual day 25 is five days after MCB1's original day 20 and two days after MCB2's approved revised day 23. Both comparisons are supported when their baseline labels are preserved. The day-26 proposal would make the arithmetic look early, but it lacks approval and is not the current baseline. Report the original and revised variances without selecting a convenient unapproved reference.",
    "failureModes": [
      "Reporting a variance without naming which baseline it uses.",
      "Using an unsigned later proposal to recast a late milestone as early."
    ],
    "fields": [
      [
        "Milestone and baseline version",
        "Defines the comparison target."
      ],
      [
        "Approval and planned date",
        "Separates authorized revision from proposal."
      ],
      [
        "Actual completion source",
        "Makes each variance reproducible."
      ]
    ],
    "holdout": "Approve a revision affecting another milestone only. Require M's baseline to remain day 23 despite the newer project-file date.",
    "boundary": "Use original fictional timelines. Exclude client plans, fees, performance reviews and staffing records."
  }
}