We see it all the time in day-to-day operations. Teams exert heroic-level effort to coax insightful information out of unwieldy spreadsheets. Having partnered with thousands of professional services organizations over two decades, we’ve had the privilege of witnessing their growth journey and can identify where a lot of firms just get stuck in the process.
The ones who succeed have figured out that resource and capacity planning means you have to iterate and adapt; you need to be able to easily look ahead to ensure a better financial outcome. All of which traditional spreadsheets fail to support effectively — that’s where BigTime Foresight comes in.
Introducing BigTime Foresight
Today, we’re excited to be releasing our brand new resource management solution, BigTime Foresight. Our straightforward approach to significantly reduce the effort required for mapping out resources in a profitable manner for the near or long term, and easily adjust plans when project scopes change.
With Foresight, we want firms to feel empowered to undertake the right projects, schedule the optimal team, and act quickly.
Our Journey to Foresight
This milestone could not have been achieved without the invaluable insight from our customer community. Special thanks to our dedicated group of beta customers who provided rigorous testing and feedback on over 700,000 active project hours scheduled over the last several months. Their contributions, alongside those from our early-stage research participants, have been instrumental in shaping Foresight’s development.
It was important to us that Foresight became a solution refined by the input of real customers who will depend on its performance and can accommodate growing business needs. Our work with Foresight is not done. We’re invested in scaling alongside our customers and will have many more exciting enhancements to share in future releases this year and thereafter.
What Resource Management Looks Like in Foresight
Plan for the Long Term with Confidence
Shift focus from today’s task allocations to a place where resource capacity/demand planning can be done days, weeks, or months in advance. Foresight allows sales, delivery, and finance teams to be fully aligned on project delivery goals and how to build the best team to get the job done.
Tie Plans to Financial Impact
By creating a direct connection between utilization plans and bill/cost rates Foresight allows for precise modeling of project profitability. This seamless integration between operational planning and financial forecasting sets the stage for maximizing project success.
Work with Flexibility and Ease
We believe that striving for operational excellence shouldn’t involve complex, or overwhelming workarounds. Foresight embodies simplicity with intuitive drag-and-drop scheduling, the option to assign by role or person, and soft/tentative booking structured to improve efficiency. When capacity changes and projects shift, it also allows you to iterate and alter various scenarios easily to select the best outcome.
Embrace a Future of Strategic Growth
Get a preview of Foresight’s key features in action with a 10-minute demo overview video and schedule your 1:1 consultation by visiting us at BigTime Foresight. We’re excited for you to discover how Foresight can illuminate your path to strategic resource management and peak profitability.
