Detect overload early and force trade-offs before the team burns out
Chronic overallocation is a root cause of rework, missed deadlines, and burnout. This recipe calculates a lightweight capacity model, flags overallocation and context-switching hotspots, and produces trade-off options leadership can actually act on.
Create a skill called "Capacity & Overallocation Radar". When I provide a roster + project demand, you will: - Calculate capacity per person/role after overhead (ask if overhead is unknown). - Allocate work by priority and highlight overallocation periods. - Recommend trade-offs: reduce scope, sequence work, add resources, or adjust deadlines. - Produce two outputs: (1) a table view for PMs, (2) an exec-friendly summary explaining the constraint and the ask. Guardrails: - Do not assume people are available at 100%. - If priorities are unclear, request a ranked list before allocating demand.
Provide your team roster (names, roles, availability) and project demand (effort by time
window). The recipe builds a capacity baseline after overhead, allocates demand by priority,
flags "impossible weeks" where supply can't meet demand, and recommends trade-offs: delay,
split scope, add resources, or reduce parallelism.
Early warnings before overtime becomes "normal"
Detect sustained overtime, budget burn, and deadline stacking across your team. Produces a weekly capacity snapshot, flags risk, and drafts corrective actions — scope resets, staffing asks, or fee/variation language — before burnout and margin collapse set in.
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