Time allocation insights now offer a new way to understand time invested across different areas
Uplevel's allocation views offer a high level view of how team are spending their time spread across various initiatives and projects.
This view now offers a new way to understand time spent in each area: Dev Weeks.
A comparison of the different ways to think about time spent:
- Allocation %: What fraction of this group's time is spent on each area? These % values sum to 100%.
- FTE: How many "full time equivalent" people are focused on each area? A person who spends half their time on an area counts as 0.5FTE. These FTE values sum to the number of people in the segment.
- Dev Weeks: How many person-weeks of time was spent on each area, over the selected timeframe? A person who spends half their time on an area for 1 week contributes 0.5 Dev Weeks. If they spend half their time for 10 weeks during the selected timeframe, this would contribute 5.0 Dev Weeks. These Dev Week values sum to the number of people in the segment times the number of weeks in the timeframe.
Dev weeks acts as a proxy for "cost". As the number of people, or the number of overall weeks being invested goes up, so does Dev weeks.