Future direction
Make resource decisions with better context.
Business needs and resource constraints change at different speeds.
Future direction — not available today
The direction
Where Resource & Capacity Planning could take UURI.
Capacity visibility, demand and resource assumptions, and allocation trade-offs.
How we picture it working
- See capacity and demand together
- Try different allocations
- Review the trade-offs
- How teams cope todayCapacity and demand are reconciled late, and mostly by negotiation.
- The directionCapacity visibility, demand and resource assumptions, and allocation trade-offs.
- What a person would reviewCapacity and demand in one view, with the trade-offs of each allocation spelled out.
An illustrative future scenario
Exploring several production capacity allocations.
A picture of the intent, not a description of anything that exists today.
What has to mature first
- Dependable capacity data
- Allocation methods checked against real cases
- Plain explanations of each trade-off
Please note: this describes where we intend to go. It is not a release announcement, it is not generally available, and we give no dates or guarantees.
Discuss your use case.
Tell us what you would want this to do for your team. It helps us understand where to focus, and we'll be clear about what exists today.