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Title: This makes no sense to me
Post by echo on Nov 10^th, 2008 at 5:27pm

I'm asked to re-size my department to support my customer base by the end of the week. Oddly, the departments I support are going through reductions, off-shoring and out-sourcing that will not be decided until mid December.

How can I size on a vast unknown and be anywhere near accurate? I'm no rocket sciencetist but my double masters says this is impossible. I'm no fortune teller, but I see the hand writing on the wall and my department is on the chopping block.

On that positive note -- back to your regulary scheduled programming.

Title: Re: This makes no sense to me
Post by Barry_T_Coles on Nov 10^th, 2008 at 6:38pm

echo wrote on Nov 10^th, 2008 at 5:27pm:

How can I size on a vast unknown and be anywhere near accurate?

What's ⁵/₈ ^ths of SFA.

Title: Re: This makes no sense to me
Post by Redd on Nov 10^th, 2008 at 6:45pm

Do what others have done.are doing. Ask them to give you either a % of payroll or of bodies.

It's at least a firm starting point. Never easy, but at least it's something.

Title: Re: This makes no sense to me
Post by echo on Nov 10^th, 2008 at 7:26pm

Barry_T_Coles wrote on Nov 10^th, 2008 at 6:38pm:

echo wrote on Nov 10^th, 2008 at 5:27pm:

How can I size on a vast unknown and be anywhere near accurate?

What's ⁵/₈ ^ths of SFA.

6.67?

am I right?