What are best practices related to resource capacity data analysis?
Use simple resource utilization categories such as “Available”, “At Risk”, “Over-Utilized”; Define thresholds for when roles and individuals are “available”, “at risk”, or “over-utilized”; this will make the analysis much easier; Start by looking at the over-utilized roles and then drill down to specific people. It is possible for a team to be over-utilized yet have at least one person who can take on more work (this usually means that someone else has too much work that needs to be re-assigned); Resource teams with an average utilization that puts them “at risk” or “over-utilized” represents a real resource risk to the portfolio; Keep it simple; filter out noise by focusing on key resource roles and a few specific individuals; too much data will over-complicate resource analysis.