Committed
Use approved work and the latest delivery forecast.
Resource demand forecasting guide
A practical guide to resource demand forecasting.
Turn confirmed work and weighted opportunities into a dated view of the roles, skills, and capacity an organization may need.
Keep confirmed and uncertain work separate.
- ✓Active project remaining effort
- ✓Approved upcoming projects
- ✓Renewals and retained commitments
- ✓Weighted sales opportunities
- ✓Support and operational demand
- ✓Internal investment and mandatory work
Forecast roles and skills before assigning names.
Break each source into periods, role or skill needs, expected effort, earliest and latest timing, confidence, and named constraints. Avoid treating every opportunity as equally likely.
Compare a few explainable futures.
Expected
Add likely work using transparent confidence and timing assumptions.
Stress case
Test concentrated wins, delays, specialist demand, or reduced availability.
Turn repeated gaps into a timed response.
Use the forecast to adjust sales timing, project sequencing, assignments, development, contractors, hiring, or the portfolio. Preserve the prior forecast so the team can improve its assumptions.