OPS.10:0 - Use This When

Use this Method when demand, a proposed commitment, a queue policy or a resource change requires an answer about what the operation can support. Typical cues are “we have enough hours on average,” “the system is only eighty percent utilized,” “add another person,” or “this buffer should guarantee the deadline.”

The first useful result is a capacity-and-service comparison for the actual demand, resource arrangement and horizon. It states usable resource time, required load, relevant variation, feasible alternatives, supported service consequences and uncertainty. It returns a bounded option or the exact missing input needed to decide.

Start with a simple load/time bound and add only the analysis that the service question requires. Use OPS.9 when the limiting mechanism is itself unresolved. Use OPS.5 for an individual admission decision under an adequate capacity basis. A clinical staffing rule, engineering capability, labor condition or financial authorization is supplied by its own qualified practice.

When the needed calculation is missing, OPS.10.1 - Construct and Compare Operating Capacity Models develops finite, mean or probabilistic service consequences from the operating conditions. OPS.10.2 - Construct and Revise a Feasible Deadline Schedule develops resource sequencing, calendar placement and conditional time reserve for a finite delivery. Reuse an adequate calculation without repeating these constructions.