Once Placeholders are added to your account, you can quickly consolidate your unmet demand on Runn's People Planner.
Example 1: Short-term demand
In the example above, 1 FTE of Engagement work need to be fulfilled in the week of Jan 19th. There's no further demand for this role.
Action to be considered:
First check if any existing resources can do the job with the Find Person feature
If not, consider hiring contractors since the demand is short-term
Example 2: Long-term demand
In the example above, there is consistently an unmet demand for 1 FTE to 3 FTE of Business Analyst for 4 weeks and beyond.
Action to be considered:
First check if any existing resources can do the job with the Find Person feature
Consider hiring a full-time employee if the demand is consistent and long-term
Example 3: No unmet demand
In the example above, no placeholders are added under the role "Senior Software Engineer". This means there is no unmet demand for this role.
How to view unmet demand on the People Planner
By default, the People Planner displays Availability (hours) grouped by Team. To forecast unmet demand, change the display mode to Placeholder Demand (FTE):
Change the grouping to Default Role (or other parameters as needed):
If you would like to focus on a specific role or team, change the grouping to All and apply the relevant filter(s):
Only Placeholders with assignments in your current timeline view are visible by default. Adjust the timeframe if needed.
How to view the breakdown of unmet demand by placeholders
Expand the grouping to view the placeholders
Expand the placeholder header to view the associated project
💡 Pro Tip
If you are grouping by a parameter and would like to expand all the groupings at once, you can click this icon to expand all:
