Capacity analysis compares projected work volume against available timekeeper hours, accounting for existing commitments, trial calendars, and expected new matters. It informs hiring and matter acceptance decisions.
It is applied at both firm and claims department levels.
Alternative Names:
Capacity Planning, Workload Analysis
Why it Matters?
Capacity constraints appear in litigation as missed deadlines and thin work product before they appear in financial reporting, which makes the analysis a quality control tool rather than only a business planning one. Trial calendars are the specific pressure point, since a firm with three trials set in the same month has a capacity problem that hours-based measures will not reveal until the deadlines arrive.
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