Capacity Planning: Training
Objective. Read how training and ramp timelines delay and discount new capacity, so a new hire is never counted as full FTE from day one.
This screen answers: when does newly hired capacity actually become productive? Ramp and training lead times decide whether today's gap can even be closed in time.
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What this screen answers
The customer question is: given training and ramp, when do new hires actually add usable capacity, and what does that mean for closing a future gap. A CSM validates the ramp assumptions; a rep uses them to explain why hiring must start well ahead of the gap.
The task
Review the training and ramp assumptions for the scope and see how they shift and discount new capacity over time. The job is to connect a future requirement gap to the lead time needed to close it.
How to read it
Trainees are not fully productive capacity. Ramp curves and training shrinkage mean a new head contributes partial output for weeks and takes time to reach standard. The classic misread is counting a new hire as full FTE from day one, which makes a gap look closeable later than it really is. Because of lead times, today's forecast gap needs a hiring decision weeks or months ahead - the plan's value is largely in making that lead time visible.
Honest limits
Ramp curves, training durations and the productivity discount must be confirmed with the customer - demo values are seeded. A plan to train is not executed training, and new-hire productivity in reality will vary. Confirm with product how ramp is modelled for a real deployment.
Interpretation check
Trainees are not full FTE; ramp curves and lead times delay and discount new capacity, so a new hire cannot be counted as full productivity from day one.
Practical task
Review the ramp/training assumptions for a scope, and for one future gap write the latest hiring date that still closes it in time, given the ramp.
Self-check
A plan counts new hires as full FTE from their start date. What breaks?
Ramp means they contribute partial output for weeks. Counting them as full FTE from day one overstates near-term capacity and makes a gap look closeable sooner than it is.
Why does training lead time change when you must act on a gap?
Because usable capacity arrives only after hiring plus ramp. A future gap needs a hiring decision weeks or months ahead, which the plan makes visible.
Is the ramp curve a fact?
No - it is a seeded assumption in the demo. Real ramp and new-hire productivity vary and must be confirmed with the customer.
Verified vs demo. Screen is live in the demo at /#/training; exact controls and figures are SME-validation-pending.