Most organisations make resourcing decisions based on estimates, assumptions, and outdated data. In smaller teams this is manageable. Across multi-project portfolios, it turns into constant firefighting, reactive decision-making, and ad-hoc hiring.

In project controls, we challenge cost and schedule rigorously. Cost estimates need a basis. Programmes need logic. Float, risk, and progress are all open to challenge. Capacity is treated far more softly — plans accepted in meetings despite double-bookings, mismatched skills, or uncommitted supply.

Jussi has been developing the Confirmed Availability Index (CAI) — a practical measure built around one deceptively simple question:

How much of the capacity shown in the plan can, actually, be defended?

CAI is not a new dashboard number. It is a structured way of asking whether your organisation is committing on declared capacity — or confirmed capacity. The score is only partly the point. The more useful part is the weakness it exposes — and a simple spreadsheet will do the job.