Resource loading over time
Translate scheduled activities into time-phased demand for particular people, skills or equipment.
Reference · Guide · Foundation
Make demand and capacity feasible
Keep effort, elapsed duration and skills distinct.
Understand
Resource plan
A resource plan connects the work to the skills, capacity and availability required to perform it.
Model · Guide · Foundation
Turn availability into a capacity plan
Work from usable time and the skills required. Separate effort from elapsed duration and allow for real operational commitments.
Method · Guide · Applied
Resource histogram and levelling
Set the people the plan needs per period against those available, and remove the overloads.
Model · Study sheet · Foundation
Resource levelling and smoothing
Adjust work timing to make resource demand feasible or less uneven.
Reference · Guide · Foundation
Skill coverage and competence gaps
Compare the capabilities needed for the work with evidenced availability.
Reference · Guide · Foundation
Calculate
Capacity and utilisation
Compare required effort with genuinely available person-hours.
Tool · Calculator + guide · Applied
Cumulative-average learning curve
Explore declining average effort for repeated comparable production.
Tool · Calculator + guide · Advanced