August 2024 Release: Resource Analytics and Forecasting
The August 2024 release introduces Resource Analytics and Forecasting to enhance resource management, with the Premium Edition offering advanced forecasting and workload planning based on sales pipelines for proactive project execution and reduced admin tasks, while the Standard Edition provides historical resource utilization insights through time-tracking to help organizations build foundational resource management capabilities.
If you’ve been following along for the last year, you’ve noticed our enhanced Resource Management offerings. In May, we released Resource Planner to simplify capacity planning and help you make tactical decisions. Now, we’re introducing Resource Analytics and Resource Forecasting to Sandbox orgs on August 6 and Production orgs on August 20, 2024.
Premium Edition: Resource Analytics and Forecasting
With Premium Edition, Resource Analytics and Forecasting allow you to dive into historical utilization, prepare for upcoming projects, and forecast workloads based on your sales pipeline. With our complete resource management suite, you’ll be fully equipped to tackle any project confidently. By combining Resource Planner and Resource Analytics, you have a comprehensive way to plan capacity and utilization across all levels.
You’ll immediately gain the ability to:
- Anticipate future trends and needs with forecasting by identifying potential issues and taking preemptive action.
- Begin projects sooner, prevent false starts, and realize revenue faster by ensuring the right resources are available for every project with proactive immediate and long-term resource utilization.
- Reduce admin burden with out-of-the-box utilization reporting and eliminate the need for ongoing maintenance.
Standard Edition: Historical Resource Analytics
With Standard Edition, Resource Analytics addresses key questions about historical resource utilization—ideal if you’re building a foundation in resource management. It’s a zero-effort solution designed to give you a high-level view of your historical resource utilization based on time-tracking.
You’ll begin to:
- Uncover patterns and trends in resource utilization via time-tracking data for strategic planning.
- Learn the ropes of resource management with an easy-to-use solution ideal for customers just starting out.
- Reduce admin burden with out-of-the-box utilization reporting and eliminate the need for ongoing maintenance.
We are excited for you to explore these latest features and see how they will help you better manage your resource utilization.
Learn More
If you have questions about this latest release, contact your CSM or email support@taskray.com for further assistance.