Check whether a deadline is achievable given remaining work and capacity.
Deadline feasibility is a capacity comparison, using productive hours rather than contracted ones. Adding a scope growth allowance reflects that remaining work is systematically underestimated. Adding people late in a project rarely recovers a shortfall, because onboarding consumes the capacity of those already productive.
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Capacity = team × productive hours per day × working days remaining
Capacity = team × productive hours per day × working days remaining Deadline feasibility is a capacity comparison, using productive hours rather than contracted ones. Adding a scope growth allowance reflects that remaining work is systematically underestimated.
Adding people late in a project rarely recovers a shortfall, because onboarding consumes the capacity of those already productive.
This calculator takes 5 inputs: Remaining effort, Working days until the deadline, Team size, Productive hours per person per day, Allowance for scope growth. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.