THE OWNER’S NUMBERS / ABOUT 5 MINUTES
Time & Deadline Check
Before you promise the date,
check the hours behind it.
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One person. One new job.
This is a made-up example. Add your own dates and hours.
Check your entries
Fill in the dates and hours to see your plan. Use 0 when there are no hours. Don’t leave a number blank.
YOUR TIME / SIMPLE PLAN
ESTIMATEDoes the new job fit?
Free hours by the deadline
—More hours needed
—Jacob’s take
An automatic guide from your answers. Jacob has not reviewed this plan.
Agree on changes to the work or date before you start. If you bring in help, allow time to brief them and check their work.
See each week
| Dates | Work hours | Business tasks | Other jobs | Time off | Free hours |
|---|
For each row, we start with work hours and take away business tasks, other jobs and time off. Free hours cannot fall below zero. For short weeks, we multiply the usual work, business-task and other-job hours by the weekdays shown, then divide by 5. Any weekly changes replace that row’s usual other-job hours. Time off is the amount entered for that row.
We spread each row’s free hours evenly over its weekdays. We add those hours through the deadline. The earliest finish is the first day with enough total free hours for this job.
More hours needed = job hours minus free hours by the deadline, with a minimum of zero. We use only the dates shown. We do not move work from an overbooked week to another week. We round the hours shown, but use full values for the math.
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Leave out client names and private records.
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Numbers used in this plan
Dates include the whole day. We use Monday–Friday only. Short weeks get a share of the usual work, business-task and other-job hours. Weekly changes replace the usual other-job hours for that row. Time off uses the row’s total. Free hours are spread evenly over its weekdays. We stop at the last date shown.
What this plan can tell you.
This plan estimates one person’s free hours. It uses Monday–Friday and spreads each row’s free time evenly across those days. It assumes the new job can use all that time from the start date. It cannot see your calendar, the order of tasks, waits for approval, skills needed or anyone else’s hours.
We repeat your usual week unless you change a row. The tool checks far enough to include the deadline and an estimated finish, up to 182 calendar days including the start date. It does not guess a finish after that limit. Add holidays as time off. In a short week, enter only other work and time off on the dates shown. Don’t count the same hours twice. If a week is already too full, we flag it. We do not move that work to another week.
The finish date is an estimate. Check the real calendar, allow time for delays, and agree on changes before you promise a date. This page does not book time. It does not send your entries, notes or results anywhere.