Silverbucket

Open your project calendar and assign people in minutes. With Silverbucket, you start by importing your projects, teams, and skills, then set capacity rules for each person or role. Drag roles like “Backend Dev” or “UX Lead” onto a timeline, stretch allocations to match milestones, and see instant workload updates for every individual. When you adjust hours or shift start dates, availability recalculates on the fly so you can spot overbooking before it becomes a problem. Use templates to spin up repeatable plans (e.g., a two-week sprint team or a standard audit squad) and apply them across clients or internal initiatives.

Build reliable forecasts without juggling spreadsheets. Add tentative projects to your pipeline, assign placeholders for roles you haven’t staffed yet, and model multiple scenarios to answer questions like, “What if we win the Q3 rollout?” or “What if we delay the data migration by two weeks?” Silverbucket highlights conflicts, weekends, and public holidays, and respects part‑time schedules and time zones. Set utilization targets per team, get alerts when plans exceed capacity, and route new staffing needs through an approval flow so project managers and team leads can agree on changes before they affect the schedule.

Keep collaboration tight between delivery, resourcing, and finance. Project managers can request a skill set (e.g., “React mid-level, 50% for four weeks”), and team leads can accept, counter, or propose alternatives. Skills and certifications help you match people to the right work, while rate cards and cost data give early visibility into budget and margin. Snap a baseline at kickoff, then reforecast each month to track drift from plan. When someone is out sick or a client shifts priorities, use bulk edits to rebalance allocations across projects without losing history. Silverbucket also factors in approved leave so you don’t plan over vacations.

Turn plans into decisions with clear reporting. Dashboards show capacity heatmaps, billable vs. non-billable mix, demand by skill, and supply gaps across weeks or quarters. Filter by office, client, role, or manager to answer who is available, when, and at what cost. Export reports for leadership, or connect via API to sync with tools like Jira, Azure DevOps, or your PSA. Use SSO and role-based permissions to keep data secure, and rely on the audit trail to see who changed what and when. Whether you run an agency sprint cycle, a consulting portfolio, or engineering maintenance windows, Silverbucket gives you a single place to plan people, steer workloads, and forecast outcomes with confidence.