Forecast extends Planner, providing the ability for people leaders to forward estimate where people and skill needs will come from over the longer term, normally 12-month horizon, underpinning training, recruitment and future investment needs.
It gives a more forward-looking visibility of resource needs beyond the forth coming period.
Demand teams can enter the forecasted full time equivalent amounts, a confidence interval, skills and other notes per source team.
Forecast allows advanced resource planning and proves for longer term conversations, prioritisation and alignment of resource availability.