A
workflow process of
measuring current usage,
utilization, and
growth rate over time,
stirring these three
ingredients together, and
extrapolating a
plan to
accomidate future business
growth based on future usage and utilization (
capacity)
projections.
Capacity
planning is usually done in the form of
written technical reccomendations, and usually
follow up with
gear quotations and
dollar ammounts (
$) that you can give your
boss to answer
questions such as "what will we
need 6 months from
now to
sustain normal operation of my
business?
12 months from now?
24 months from now?"