Mosaic Answers Your Questions

Resource Planning

How do you see what project everyone working on?

Does everyone have enough work?
Is anyone on the bench?
Who has too much work?
What's the workload for the next quarter?
Do we have enough to keep the team busy? How much more do we need?
Are some people are overloaded? If so, who?

Project Planning

How do you plan projects around people’s actual capacity?

Are we working on the highest priority projects?
Can we meet upcoming deadlines?
Where are the bottlenecks?
What happens if we push this back?

Resource Allocation

How do you put together project teams?

Who meets the requirements to work on this project?
Who has the skills?
Who has availability to help on a project this month?
How many unassigned or open roles do we have?
How much time is unassigned?
Who could help get this project over this finish line?
Who could we replace this person with?

Project Financials

How do you see your project budgets?

How much time has been spent, planned, and is remaining?
What’s our estimated cost of time spent at completion?
Are we pacing to go over budget?
Is there scope creep? Where is happening?
When do we plan to bill for services?
What is the earned value on the deliverables vs. time spent?

Team Insights

How do you understand your workforce?

What does this person do here?
What education, skills, and training does this person have?
Who does this person work with?
Where do they sit on the org. chart?
What are their skills?
What is their utilization rate?
Are we meeting our overall utilization goals?

Revenue

How do you know if you're performing financially?

What is our projected revenue for next quarter?
What are our projected billings?
What’s our backlog?
What’s our pipeline?
Where do we make/lose money?

Hiring

How do you know when you need to hire?

What roles and skills are in highest demand?
What roles and skills do we need to hire for?
If we win these 10 projects, do we need to hire — if so, who?
Should we hire or can we use a consultant?