Resource Demand Planning

- Enables high-level whole cost view of product project; units are labor - person hours or days
- Not directly proportional to costs or schedule
- Technique often useful in younger technology-driven companies
- Illustrative data only, not specific to any case
- 1,000 hrs DCUT is roughly a 6 - 8 week project for a team of 10 developers
- 950 hrs is probably about a 9 - 10 month product cycle assigment for a PM

PRODUC
T MGMT SW DEV

SALES
&
MKTG

SUPPO OPS/M& TOTAL

RT
D
S

PLANNING
Project Mgmt
Requirements
Business Case

50
300
100

50

100
50

50

50

50
550
150

1%
12%
3%

TOTALS

450

50

150

50

50

750

16%

100
100

100
100

200
200

4%
4%

50

300
1000
500

350
1000
500

DEVELOPMENT
Project Mgmt
Subtotals
Content:
Arch & Design
DCUT
Internal Testing
DB Content Dev/Acq
Build & Pkging
Docs & Trng Dev
Subtotals
Capability:
Sales & Mktg Dev
Support Dev
Ops/Mfg/Distr Dev
Subtotals

TOTALS

50
100
200

100
50
150

200
350
2400

7%
21%
11%
0%
4%
7%
51%
5%
2%
3%
11%

50
100
50
1950

50

100
150

50
50

200

50
100

200

100

100
100

250
100
150
500

400

2050

350

150

250

3100

66%

50

100
100
200

100

200
200
350
100

4%
4%
7%
2%

400

100

850

18%

100

LAUNCH
Training
Deliver & Install
Tech Support
Account Mgmt

TOTALS

50
50
50

50

50
50

150

50

150

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GRAND TOTALS
%

1000

2150

650

600

400

4700

21%

46%

14%

13%

9%

102%

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100%