resource-planner

Legal matter staffing can be modeled by translating available scope descriptions, team rosters, and known absences into actionable gearing and capacity options. This approach identifies gaps and proposes continuity cover using incomplete signals rather than requiring complete data sets.

Gearing review in legal resource planning compares actual time entries by grade against budgeted gearing assumptions to highlight variance. You should run this mid-matter to identify deviations from the proposed grade mix and hours required for matter delivery.

Continuity options for unavailability are modeled by assessing the impact of a team member's absence against known milestones and proposing cover options. This planning translates team rosters and absence data into actionable coverage decisions for ongoing matter delivery.

Competing resource demands across multiple legal matters can be analyzed by modeling team capacity against named matters. This Mode 4 analysis surfaces capacity trade-offs and generates options, allowing partners to choose prioritization based on available hours by grade.

Generating matter staffing and capacity options requires inputs like matter scope descriptions, proposed team rosters, time by grade data, and known absences. These inputs drive gearing models, budget variance reviews, continuity plans, and competing-demand analyses with CSV exports.

Gaps between proposed team structure and required grade mix are identified by translating matter scope into required hours and grades, then comparing this model to the proposed team. This Mode 1 gearing model surfaces structural shortfalls in legal matter delivery staffing.