This report helps the project manager align the projects in pipeline with the planned & actual resource utilization on planned activities to get insight into long-term capacity plans. This helps in informed data-driven decisions to ensure the most efficient use of the resources for ensuring project success.
Estimated Utilization is computed as a percentage of estimated to available resource hours, while Actual Utilization is computed as a percentage of actual-approved to available resource hours. This report shows the Utilization of the resources for the last quarter.
Lets take an example of Peter Parker.
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Assume Peter's Hours(Actual) on planned activities for last quarter is as follows. The 'Hours(Actual)' column will show you this information. e g
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Using this, the PM can see how a particular resource is utilized for a period and can plan smarter.
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If your users play multiple roles in different workspaces, then we recommend creating a custom field (single select dropdown) on users - "Primary Department" and group on that field, instead of Workspace . |