See real‑time resource availability and employee workloads across your project portfolio with Coretime’s resource management software. Our capacity planning and team scheduling tools track hours, holidays, part‑time schedules, and resource groups, helping you confidently assign the right professional services resources to the right work.
Plan Smarter. Utilise Fully. Deliver on Time.
Resource Manager gives Professional Services teams real-time capacity insights so you avoid overload, reduce downtime and make confident resourcing decisions.
Key Features of Resource Manager
Real‑Time Resource Availability Insights
Automated Resource Load Balancing & Safeguards
Prevent overloading your team with Coretime’s resource management software, featuring automatic alerts for overallocation, underutilisation, team scheduling, and capacity planning, helping you maintain balanced and efficient professional services resources.
Advanced Forward Resource Planning & Forecasting
Forecast future resource needs with Coretime’s resource management software. By projecting workload for weeks or months ahead, you can perform capacity planning, team scheduling, and “what-if” scenario modelling, ensuring your professional services resources are always balanced and productive.
Seamless Leave Integration
Future leave bookings from Coretime’s Leave Manager sync automatically, ensuring your capacity planning always reflects real availability.
Flexible “What If” Scenarios
Use tentative bookings in Coretime’s resource management software to explore different team scheduling and capacity planning options before committing to a final schedule, ensuring optimal use of professional services resources.
Effortless Drag-and-Drop
Easily adjust schedules with intuitive drag-and-drop tools, letting you respond quickly to changing priorities.
Dual View System
Employee View
- See all projects each team member is scheduled to work on
- Filter by custom criteria such as department, office location, or employment type
- Distinguish between FTEs and subcontractors at a glance
- Monitor individual workload distribution across projects
- Track scheduled activities that appear in each employee's "Work To List"
- • See completed activities highlighted directly on screen
Project View
- View all staff scheduled to work on each project
- Access comprehensive financial information about project health
- Monitor time booked to date and cost to complete
- Filter by custom criteria including Project Manager or job status
- Track resource allocation across your entire project portfolio
- Identify projects at risk of under-resourcing
Work To List Integration
Scheduled activities appear in each employee’s Work To List, where they can track and complete tasks. Updates are automatically reflected in the Resource Manager, giving you real-time progress. The module also includes a reporting suite for clear insights into team performance and resource use.
Employee Summary Report
View resource commitments by individual employees or groups across any defined time period. Perfect for capacity planning and workload balancing.
Project Summary Report
Analyse resource commitments across projects or project ranges over specific periods. Essential for project portfolio management.
Planned vs Actual Analysis
Compare planned time against actual time booked to continuously improve forecasting accuracy and resource estimation.
Heat Map Visualisation
Instantly identify periods when your resources are nearing capacity with intuitive, color-coded heat map displays. These visual indicators make it easy to spot potential bottlenecks, helping you balance workloads and plan more effectively before issues arise.
Benefits that drive results
🎯 Strategic Workforce Planning
Move beyond reactive scheduling with Coretime’s resource management software and embrace proactive capacity planning. Identify professional services resource needs well in advance and make informed team scheduling and hiring decisions.
💰 Maximise Utilisation
Spot underutilised team members with Coretime’s resource management software and team scheduling tools, then redistribute work to optimise billable hours, capacity planning, and professional services resource utilisation, improving overall project profitability.
⚡ Prevent Bottlenecks
Get early warnings of workload peaks with Coretime’s resource management software so you can source additional professional services resources before projects are impacted, maintain capacity planning, and keep delivery schedules on track.
📊 Data-Driven Decisions
Use planned vs actual reporting in Coretime’s resource management software to continuously refine capacity planning, team scheduling, and professional services resource allocation, enabling increasingly accurate forecasts and improving project profitability.
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