Shopload Core Concepts
Resources
Track who is on which team, what they are working on, and when they become available for other assignments. Data-driven views for where you will be in 6 months, helping you answer important questions like whether you will have more work than people or more people than work.
Poor managers try to remember these details and fail. Mediocre managers have an intuitive “feel” for it and manage to keep the plates spinning. Great managers know the answer to these questions and run optimized and efficient organizations.
Shopload helps your organization have access to all of that information in a collaborative, structured manner and takes the pain out of re-plans when things inevitably change.
Resource-specific views show everything about a resource - project assignment, loading, rates, when they need more work, and when they are overbooked.
Aggregate views show when your divisions within your organization are over/under booked, and give drill-down detail into per-project loading, bench depth, and productivity.
Projects
Make sure everyone on your team knows when projects start, what the planned monthly spend is, what kind of resources need to work on it, and when they are needed.
Track this information in a system designed for it with Shopload.
With project and organization views all you see the answers to these questions over time, across your project portfolio.
Actuals
Track performance to plan. Update your project financials in Shopload when actuals are finalized and get the answer in minutes.
The project performance view allows you to input your spend-to-date, see project performance, and adjust your project plan to your remaining budget.
Estimates
Definitively know if you have enough staff for all potential and expected work. Be prepared to win.
Estimates necessary for project and organizational decisions (by division) are baked into each view. When it comes to recruiting, hiring, or RIF, you don’t want to guess.
Shopload provides a solid basis of estimate based on the aggregation of what you know.