Method for planning, scheduling and managing personnel
US5911134A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 12, 1990 |
| Grant date | Jun 8, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 12, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2203/402
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for planning, scheduling and managing personnel in an environment in which there is a varying workload by time of day and by day of week to be staffed with a team having a variable number of servers. The method begins by organizing the team of servers into a plurality of management units, each management unit having one or more groups of individual servers. One or more tour templates, each describing a bounded work shift having work rules and operating constraints, are then defined. A forecast is then generated of an event load expected to occur during a forecast time period and a number of servers required to service the expected event load during the forecast time period. The method then allocates expected event load among the plurality of management units according to a predetermined number of servers expected to be available at each management unit during the forecast time period. Thereafter, the tour templates are correlated with the forecast to generate a set of tours for each management unit, each tour defining a work schedule for the forecast time period for a theoretical server of the management unit. The individual servers of each management unit are then assigne…
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