Project Tasks Capacity Calculator

Estimate capacity from rate, people and available hours for project tasks.

How to use Project Tasks Capacity Calculator

1. Enter Rate Per Person Per Hour, Team Size, Available Hours in the labelled units. 2. Team size is a whole count. Equal rates and independent parallel work are assumed; fractional capacity is a work equivalent, not a count of fully completed items. Tasks may have dependencies and unequal effort. A constant-rate estimate does not schedule a critical path or guarantee a deadline. 3. Select Calculate or press Enter to see the result. 4. Select Select Copy result to copy the answer, or Reset to clear the form.

Why use this tool?

Use this tool to estimate capacity from rate, people and available hours for project tasks. Use similarly sized work units or a consistent weighting method before comparing a total with a rate.

How the calculation works

Capacity = rate per person per hour × team size × hours available per person. Team size is a whole count. Equal rates and independent parallel work are assumed; fractional capacity is a work equivalent, not a count of fully completed items. Tasks may have dependencies and unequal effort. A constant-rate estimate does not schedule a critical path or guarantee a deadline. Numeric results use up to six decimals, with scientific notation for tiny nonzero values. Fractional averages and capacity are equivalents; allocate whole items and remainders separately when appropriate. Entered decimal arithmetic is applied before display rounding. Numeric inputs/results and durations in seconds are bounded by magnitude 9,007,199,254,740,991.

Example

Project Tasks example: An assumed 5 tasks/person/hour × 3 people × 4 hours/person = 60 tasks.

Practical tip

Use similarly sized work units or a consistent weighting method before comparing a total with a rate.