Balance Supply and Demand
Effective resource management leads to fewer bottlenecks, better forecasting of demand and faster response to changing priorities. Mariner links capacity planning, resource allocation, utilization, task assignments and skills, giving resource managers a holistic view of their entire resource pool.
Mariner’s Demand vs. Capacity View uncovers potential
bottlenecks and aids in resource capacity planning.
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Allocate Resources and Monitor Utilization
Mariner provides a complete view of your organization's resource structure, enabling resource managers to anticipate demand for resources, allocate the right resources to the right projects based on skill and availability, and monitor utilization.
Key Features:
Demand vs. Capacity Views — By comparing resource capacity to resource demand, the organization can quickly uncover potential bottlenecks and eliminate them long before they occur.
Optimized Resource Search — Mariner recommends the best resources for the job based on availability and the priority of all other assigned work.
Total Time Reporting — Team members can accurately account for 100% of time worked on all project and non-project activities.
Key Benefits:
Highlight mismatch between supply and demand — Mariner compares total capacity for resources and skills to total demand, so portfolio and resource managers can easily see where demand exceeds supply.
Analyze impact of proposed projects — Resource allocations roll up to the portfolio level to ensure decisions are based on actual resource capacity.
Identify and resolve bottlenecks — With Mariner's drill-down capability, potential bottlenecks are easily identified and resolved.
An Integrated Solution
Mariner's Resource Management capabilities work hand-in-hand with Project Management capabilities. Mariner's holistic view of the resource pool also feeds the Portfolio Management view in Mariner, so the portfolio analyst can quickly assess resource availability.
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