create-forecast

Generate a daily resource allocation forecast by providing a JSON input with start date, weeks, humans, and agents. The tool computes weekday-granular availability, subtracts state-specific holidays and planned leave, and outputs the results to forecast.json.

Forecasting project team capacity at a daily weekday granularity requires defining team members, their working days per week, and planned leave. This approach processes those inputs against state-specific public holidays to produce precise daily availability data for dashboards.

Yes, the daily forecast generator supports Australian state-specific public holidays. It applies the correct regional holiday schedules to the forecast period, ensuring non-working days are accurately excluded from the daily availability calculations.

Yes, you can use the forecast output directly in a resourcing dashboard. The generator writes a structured JSON file to the governance directory, which is specifically formatted for review and visualization within dashboarding tools.

Structure the JSON input by specifying a start date, the number of weeks, a humans array containing names, states, days per week, and leave, plus an agents array. This configuration drives the daily allocation calculations for all resources.

Yes, you need the holidays package installed to run the resource forecasting scripts. This dependency provides the necessary regional public holiday data required to accurately deduct non-working days from the daily forecast.