葫芦影业APP Answers Your聽Questions
Resource Planning
How do you see what project everyone working on?
- Does everyone have enough work?
- Is anyone on the bench?
- Who has too much work?
- What's the workload for the next quarter?
- Do we have enough to keep the team busy? How much more do we need?
- Are some people are overloaded? If so, who?
Project Planning
How do you plan projects around people鈥檚 actual capacity?
- Are we working on the highest priority projects?
- Can we meet upcoming deadlines?
- Where are the bottlenecks?
- What happens if we push this back?
Resource Allocation
How do you put together project teams?
- Who meets the requirements to work on this project?
- Who has the skills?
- Who has availability to help on a project this month?
- How many unassigned or open roles do we have?
- How much time is unassigned?
- Who could help get this project over this finish line?
- Who could we replace this person with?
Project Financials
How do you see your project budgets?
- How much time has been spent, planned, and is remaining?
- What鈥檚 our estimated cost of time spent at completion?
- Are we pacing to go over budget?
- Is there scope creep? Where is happening?
- When do we plan to bill for services?
- What is the earned value on the deliverables vs. time spent?
Team Insights
How do you understand your workforce?
- What does this person do here?
- What education, skills, and training does this person have?
- Who does this person work with?
- Where do they sit on the org. chart?
- What are their skills?
- What is their utilization rate?
- Are we meeting our overall utilization goals?
Revenue
How do you know if you're performing financially?
- What is our projected revenue for next quarter?
- What are our projected billings?
- What鈥檚 our backlog?
- What鈥檚 our pipeline?
- Where do we make/lose money?
Hiring
How do you know when you need to hire?
- What roles and skills are in highest demand?
- What roles and skills do we need to hire for?
- If we win these 10 projects, do we need to hire 鈥 if so, who?
- Should we hire or can we use a consultant?