workforce-capacity-planning

Builds scenario-based workforce plans from headcount, demand, capacity, and skills data.

Updated Jun 21, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/lwokeray/cowork-plugins --skill workforce-capacity-planning-lwokeray
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Skill: workforce-capacity-planning
Source: https://github.com/lwokeray/cowork-plugins/tree/main/plugins/hr-cowork/skills/workforce-capacity-planning
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/lwokeray/cowork-plugins --skill workforce-capacity-planning-lwokeray

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Workforce planning often relies on disconnected spreadsheets and gut-feel estimates, making it hard to align demand, capacity, skills, vacancies, and attrition into a defensible plan. This Skill consolidates approved HR, finance, and demand data into transparent Base/Upside/Downside scenarios with gaps, costs, risks, and action options. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Scenario Modeling: Builds Base, Upside, and Downside workforce scenarios with explicit assumptions, headcount gaps, costs, risks, and triggers. - Demand & Capacity Analysis: Separates demand drivers, productive capacity, skill coverage, vacancies, attrition, and hiring ramp into auditable models. - Decision Pack Delivery: Produces action portfolios comparing hiring, internal mobility, training, automation, and vendor options with owners and approval gates. - Use Case: An HR lead preparing the annual workforce plan asks for a quarterly capacity model for the support organization; the Skill produces scenario tables, sensitivity analysis, and a requisition roadmap while flagging data quality issues. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to build a Base, Upside, and Downside workforce capacity plan for your team using approved headcount, demand, and vacancy data.

Frequently Asked Questions about workforce-capacity-planning

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I create a workforce capacity plan with scenarios?▼

Define the planning horizon, demand drivers, and org scope, then model demand, productive capacity, skills, vacancies, and attrition separately. The Skill builds Base, Upside, and Downside scenarios showing gaps, costs, risks, triggers, and an action portfolio for human approval.

What data is needed for workforce capacity planning?▼

You need approved headcount or FTE data, demand drivers such as case volumes or project milestones, open requisitions, skills inventories, attrition assumptions, and budget figures. Each input must include its source, period, definition, and owner for comparability.

Can this Skill predict which employees will leave?▼

No. It only uses approved aggregate attrition rates or scenario assumptions and never predicts or ranks individual flight risk, performance, or replaceability. Sensitive attributes and activity monitoring data are explicitly excluded from planning decisions.

How does the Skill handle small team or privacy-sensitive data?▼

It applies aggregation and small-group suppression so individuals cannot be identified from the output. When data could expose personal information, it reports only aggregate figures and notes the limitation instead of producing detailed breakdowns.

What are the limitations of scenario-based workforce planning?▼

Outputs are scenarios, not approved headcount, budgets, or organizational actions; hiring, reduction, or redeployment decisions require formal HR, Legal, and Leadership processes. When definitions or periods cannot be reconciled across systems, it avoids producing a single precise forecast.