Project Deadline Planner

Hours the project needs h

Use an estimate from a measured rate rather than an optimistic guess, and include the finishing work.

Hours a week you can give it h

The hours you can really set aside in a normal week, not the hours you would like to.

Weeks to the deadline weeks

Your pace against the plan times

One is the pace you planned at, 0.85 means about a seventh of the time goes on setup, finding your place and re-doing, 1.1 is faster than planned.

Weeks you know you will lose weeks

Holidays, work trips, family weeks, anything that removes capacity from the calendar.

Hours in one session h

The sitting length you actually keep up. Used for the sessions per week figure.