How to do resource capacity planning - part one
September 9th, 2009
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…