The next release of TeamWorks PPM includes some very exiting tools to help organisations with their capacity planning and forecasting.
A major problem when undertaking capacity planning is being able to capture the resource demands for projects that are still in the pipeline. Typically you won’t have full visibility of who is doing the work or the exact work to be done. So trying to describe your resource needs using a project plan is a non starter. Read more…
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A useful tool for organisations that wish to speed their implementation of TeamWorks PPM is the TeamWorks Accelerator.
Even though most organisations are up and running within a matter of days (typically less than 30 days even for large implementations), we wanted to make the process even quicker and transfer more of the knowledge of our professional service team.
So the TeamWorks Accelerator tool kit was devised. The TeamWorks Accelerator consists of two elements:
- Pre shipped data lookups for a typical PMO / IT organisation. Organisations can choose to install this at implementation time then adjust the data to their specific needs.
- Guidance documentation describing the considerations and decisions to be made for each functional area of the product. Essentially an A to Z of implementing TeamWorks PPM.
The TeamWorks Accelerator documentation is available for new customers by contacting our support centre.
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If you are a software development or professional services organisation, getting your resource levels and skills mix right is pretty key. Resources are probably the biggest cost to your business and also the biggest revenue generators. The method to do this is called capacity planning or resource forecasting.
If you are after an example of how to do this in Excel then scroll down this post.
To perform effective capacity planning we should first go back to basics and get some terms straight. Read more…
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