How To Level-Up Employee Resource Management
Resource management is a fundamental process of every digital services company. It’s the weekly practice where leaders allocate people’s time to projects – and it’s something...
Resource management is a fundamental process of every digital services company. It’s the weekly practice where leaders allocate people’s time to projects – and it’s something...
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Utilization and capacity planning can feel like an impossible equation to solve. But while it’s complex in nature, it can be simplified by focusing on the metrics that matter most.
One of the main reasons agencies and development studios struggle to break the cycle of too much or too little work is because they haven’t considered how poor resource planning leads to confusion, stress, and burnout. Without mastering forecasting basics, this cycle will continue.
New planning features in Parallax account for employee PTO and holidays for more accurate and easier capacity planning. Read more.
Don’t burn out your project managers! In place of task-based project planning, digital services companies should implement a duration-based approach. This is when a certain percentage of each role or a person’s time is allotted to client projects. Why? It will help agencies avoid burning out their vital project managers and scale the business.