Updated 16th December 2024
Scaling up or otherwise known as "Resource leveling" is used when limits on the availability of resources are paramount. It simply answers the question ‘With my current resources available, when will the project be finished?’
There are sometimes moments during a project when the assigned resources are not sufficient to complete the project on time and/or within budget. Using PSOhub, we can leverage resource management to review all resources' capacity across your organization and draw them in based on their role and availability.
Choose from the menu Resource Management and Capacity Overview.
In the example below, the architect engineer, Bram van der Linden has exceeded his capacity level for the month of November. However, Femke de Graaf, who is also an architect engineer has sufficient capacity to step in and relieve Bram of some of the workload:
To assign an additional project to a resource, click on the required resource's name to expand their project planning capacity.
Click the Add line button:
The Add project dialog box appears. Here, you can select or search for the name of your project and click Save:
Next, select the contract line where you wish to assign your resource and their role and click Save:
The project is displayed in the Resource Planning where you can begin to plan/budget hours for your new resource.