“We're juggling multiple concurrent projects, and we're facing challenges with prioritisation and resource allocation. Engineers switch project often, leading to incomplete tasks and unexpected project delays. How can we regain control and ensure that our available capacity is always optimally utilised?”
Solution
Implement Lean Capacity Management
Analysis
No matter the quality of a plan, in the real world resource demand and supply never match. Especially when multiple projects are running concurrently, this can trigger an ongoing battle for resources.
Lean capacity management takes a proactive approach by anticipating resource conflicts and making allocation decisions for the upcoming time window based on the principle of 'minimising the cost of delay.'
In a fixed rhythm, we proactively assess upcoming needs in projects and departments, making resource allocation decisions according to straightforward and agreed-upon rules governed by a project council. Multi project management is cheap, logic and very effective, a must for any multi-project organisation.
Result
Optimal capacity allocation of bottlenecks, stable and clear short term plans without task switching and 'surprises', less project delays, portfolio roadmap always up-to-date and a healthier atmosphere.