Workforce Planning Toolkit
How it works
The three-layer architecture: calculation engine, methodology and templates, and the prompt library.
Playbook
Foundations, four-phase framework, seven-layer calculation model, glossary, common pitfalls.
Calculator
Live demand-supply-gap calculation. Save and share scenarios with the working group.
Prompt Library
12 ready-to-use prompts for Copilot, Cowork, Claude, ChatGPT — plus downloadable packs.
Templates
Charter, Steering Group ToR, Interview Guide, Strategic Options Paper, Business Case, Risk Register.
Capabilities
35+ capabilities across four dimensions, plus the AI / orchestration overlay.
Data Model
What data the calculation engine needs, from where, at what quality.
Downloads
Workforce Model (Excel), Word documents, prompt packs.
Live demo
Guided walkthrough of the calculator with pop-out explainers — for showcase and learning.
Operating principles
- Build progressively. Workforce planning matures over multiple cycles.
- Apply confidence levels. Defensible analysis communicates ranges and assumptions transparently.
- Maintain auditable calculation. Every output traces from the model through assumptions to source data.
- Practice transparent risk management. Risks identified early are risks that can be managed.
- Validate before externalising. Findings are validated within the project team first.
- Document concurrent with the work. Methodology, decisions, and rationale captured as the work happens.
- Embed inclusion analysis. Every option, intervention, plan checks against representation.
- Anchor delivery to gates. Each phase has a gate; gates are not passed until criteria are met.