Project management discipline
Resources & Teams
Plan realistic capacity, balance assignments, understand labor cost, and protect team sustainability.
Management question
Do we have enough capable capacity to deliver without overload?
14 focused tools
Frame
State the decision and the audience before selecting a metric.
Validate
Confirm status date, units, baseline, source owner, and confidence.
Act
Record the conclusion, decision owner, threshold, and next review.
Available analyses
Choose the output your decision requires
Resource Utilization
Compare assigned time with available capacity.
Includes interpretation guidanceResource Cost
Estimate loaded team cost and commercial margin.
Includes interpretation guidanceResource Leveling
Identify and resolve over-allocation.
Includes interpretation guidanceMan-Hours Calculator
Translate effort, team size, and duration.
Includes interpretation guidanceWorkload Planner
Balance demand against individual capacity.
Includes interpretation guidanceTeam Productivity
Review output, quality, and efficiency together.
Includes interpretation guidanceTurnover Rate
Understand attrition patterns and delivery exposure.
Includes interpretation guidanceTraining ROI
Evaluate the value of capability development.
Includes interpretation guidanceProject FTE Calculator
Convert required project hours into full-time-equivalent demand for a defined planning period.
Includes interpretation guidanceResource Availability Calculator
Calculate net resource availability after leave, meetings, administration, and other non-project commitments.
Includes interpretation guidanceProject Overtime Cost Calculator
Estimate the direct premium cost of planned overtime and compare it with standard-time labor cost.
Includes interpretation guidanceProject Meeting Cost Calculator
Quantify the labor cost of recurring project meetings to support better attendance, cadence, and agenda decisions.
Includes interpretation guidanceProject Resource Capacity Gap Calculator
Identify the resource-hour shortage or surplus between planned delivery demand and realistic available capacity.
Includes interpretation guidanceContractor vs FTE Cost Calculator
Compare annual contractor cost with fully loaded employee cost for a project role or capability decision.
Includes interpretation guidance