Strategic Staffing: A Comprehensive System for Effective Workforce Planning, Second Edition

Staffing Profiles

In some cases, a series of “profiles,” or templates, can be developed to estimate the staffing that a unit (or a project) will require given certain combinations of parameters (such as project size and type). Each such profile will include the same rows and columns that you included in your staffing model. A different profile is created for each unique combination of parameters. Taken together, these different profiles form a set or “reference library” that can be used to define the staffing needed to support business plans. Once the profiles are developed, you would take these steps:

• Review business plans and strategies to identify the projects that will be underway.
• For each project described in the plans, identify the actual ...