How Project Resource Allocation Is Calculated

You can monitor resource capacity and work allocated to resources on your projects for the next 13 weeks. Compare the work allocation of your resources with their allocation on other projects to understand why certain resources are overallocated or underallocated.

Drill down to modify the allocation percentage for your resources and plan the distribution of work on your projects. Gain visibility into the weekly work allocation of resources compared to their capacity. View resource manager name, project role, allocation hours, allocation percentage, and capacity hours of your project resources.

Settings That Affect Resource Allocation

Values for project assignments and allocation percentage for resources come from the Manage Project Resources page.

You can also set the acceptable threshold percentage range for the workweek thresholds that determine which values are indicated as overallocated, underallocated, or normally allocated. Optionally, select the colors the application uses to indicate allocation.

How Resource Allocation Is Calculated

The application calculates the resource allocation hours based on the capacity hours and allocation percentage.

Calculating Resource Allocation

Calculate resource allocation using the following formula.

project allocation hours = allocation percentage * capacity hours

The following table shows an example of how project allocation for a week is calculated.

Capacity Hours	Allocation Percentage	Project Allocation Hours
40	80	32
40	50	20