Maximal efficiency with Rillsoft Cloud as capacity planning software

Assessing Resource Needs Early in Projects Determining resource needs – how many employees with which qualifications do you require? Estimate the specific qualifications needed for each project task and the effort required for the task. The results from the project structure plan, especially the described work packages within it, serve as the basis for determining the overall resource needs. Rillsoft Cloud presents role utilization in a tabular format. By assessing resource needs in projects early on, you gain fundamental information about how many employees with specific qualifications you require.

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Defining Resource Capacity for Projects

Defining Resource Capacity for Projects Defining resource capacities or resource availability in a shared resource pool. Capture all resources in a central resource pool, including personnel with professional qualifications, team affiliations, as well as materials and machinery. You can assign one or more of the following attributes to each resource: • Availability (Work schedule, days off) • Roles (Professional skills) • Organizational unit (Teams) • Costs (Deployment costs) • Other customizable features (Notes)

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Increased productivity thanks to intelligent capacity balancing software

Capacity leveling as a capacity availability check Carry out capacity planning efficiently and dynamically evaluate the availability of suitable employees. Use our capacity leveling software, Rillsoft Cloud, to dynamically determine whether sufficient suitable employees are available for your projects. An interactive capacity alignment compares the resource requirements calculated across all projects with the available resources. In the process, the professional competences and availability are considered even before you schedule specific persons.

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Personnel Capacity as the Foundation for Location-Based Resource Planning

Personnel Capacity as the Foundation for Location-Based Resource Planning Considering Employee Locations in Capacity Matching In general, during the planning phase, Rillsoft Cloud always offers all employees who possess the required qualifications for a project. If you are planning projects in various locations and view your personnel capacity as the basis for location-based resource planning, you should consider taking into account the locations of your employees. This way, employees are ideally assigned to a single location, reducing travel time, coordination efforts, and downtime.

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Consider free resource capacities in project portfolio planning

Consider free resource capacities in project portfolio planning Identify free resource capacities and optimise utilisation The order intake as well as the delivery and end dates of your projects do not depend on the optimal utilisation of your staff and other resources. Coordinating project plans and carrying out capacity planning in such a way that all resources are continuously fully utilised is difficult. On the other hand, the best possible utilisation and good resourcing of projects are the guarantors of your company’s success.

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Identifying Resource Shortages in Projects

Identifying Resource Shortages in Projects Detect potential shortages due to a lack of resource capacities in capacity planning before assigning employees to your projects. You can identify issues and resolve dependency conflicts before they arise. Find out where you might have shortages in procurement, or how small changes to projects, resources, and priorities can impact your operations. Impending shortages can be mitigated by reallocating resources between projects, reprioritizing your project list, rescheduling projects or individual tasks, and/or acquiring new resources.

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