How to Effectively Estimate Resource Capacity against Resource Demand

To those in the know, the need to understand resource capacity is self-evident! In the area of project management right now, there are two words that are capturing the imagination:

• Capacity in how much do we have
• Capability in what can they do

All one needs to do is look around, there are too many projects and not enough people. With most project driven organisations, new initiatives keep coming in without regard for other activities or whether there are enough people to do the work, let alone the right people. As a result, everything gets behind, project delivery windows are missed, and the levels of  frustration can increase day by day. And then we forget about the capacity to do other things that are important to us. And yes you guessed it, we continue in this cycle until somebody starts to talk about resource capacity planning.

Capacity planning can yield multiple benefits in making sure to reserve the most resources for the most important projects – rather than for unimportant ones. Having a complete overview of all resources and their assignments to projects and basic load ... to read the remainder of the article go to https://www.turlon.com/estimate-resource-capacity/