Resource management

Our interactive Burnout Risk Index, developed with burnout expert Leanne Spencer, reveals 10 red flags which shows that you or a team member may be on the way to burning out.

Resource Guru’s research reveals the extent of the UK’s overworking and burnout issues, using survey data from 2,000 desk workers, alongside expert insights.

See how agency Spindogs boosted billable time, and improved workloads and efficiency with Resource Guru.

Overtime can sometimes feel like a chore, but it has to get done. Whether you or your team are putting in extra hours regularly, or every now and then, this calculator helps take some of the…

Tracking data about billable time can, ironically, feel time-consuming. To lighten the load a little, we’ve designed this approachable, free billable hours calculator to help check one item off your list faster.  This calculator’s designed for…

Want to drive more revenue? Well, then there’s one metric you want to keep a close eye on: billable utilization. Understanding how your team spends their time is crucial for any business that’s aiming to boost…

Time tracking in resource management is key to understanding where your resource planning was effective, and where it fell short. People track time for a variety of reasons, but using it to improve the effectiveness of…

Agency resource planning and management processes help you align the right people with available project work. Doing it well leads to happy, productive agency teams committed to delivering high-quality client outcomes. Project success and satisfied clients…

Resource capacity planning templates can make life as a resource or project manager so much easier. A nifty template will sharpen your resource planning process—saving you time and stress. Plus, it’ll help you identify overallocated resources…

If you’ve ever built a large LEGO set, you know that you need to have the right number and types of pieces available in the correct order to successfully create your masterpiece. If you don’t, you’ll…

Many people talk about project management and resource management software interchangeably. But while there are crossovers in functionality, resource management tools focus on allocating the human resources required for project success, as opposed to purely handling…

The FTE vs. headcount dilemma can get people scratching, well, their heads. But in project management planning, people are your most valuable resource and you should treat them as such. Sure, you need enough workers to…

From the Great Resignation and the increase in remote work to changing project management practices, large-scale obstacles are trickling down to project managers’ resource capacity planning. It’s undoubtedly frustrating when factors you have no control over…

Resources are ever-changing—a constant ebb and flow of people, materials, time, and money—so it may seem obvious that resource allocation should always be front of mind for your project team. But are you implementing it effectively?…