Manpower Planning for Acme Corporation – A Case Study
Acme Corp. recently bagged a 70 million dollar contract
Client: Money Financial Services Inc.- Headquartered in New York
Acme Corp. Headquarter: Northern California, United States
Global delivery (development) centers in India at Mumbai, Noida and Hyderabad
Under the contract: A pilot to be conducted Pilot to be completed in 3 months 200 people estimated requirement for full project and
20 people for pilot project
Overview
VPN (Virtual Private Network) access from any two
development centers
Up to 20% of the workforce of Acme Corporation on
the Money Financial Services project is allowed
onsite
A background check of all the workforce from Acme
Corporation on the project is mandatory
Highlights to signed contracts
Score of importance for the duration of entire project
Area of Expertise Importance Score (on a Scale of 1-5)
Functional/Domain Knowledge of Investment Banking 5
Policies, Procedures and Laws related to Financial Services 5
Understanding of Mainframe based applications 3
J2EE 5Oracle Database DBA 5
Oracle Database Developers 3Quality Assurance/Testing 5 as a role/3 as internal resource
Integration Technologies like JMS, TIBCO, etc. 4
Security Standards 5Understanding of processes related to Change Management 3
Project Management 5
Resources in areas relevant to service the new project for Money Financial
ServicesRole Skills Number of
People in the Organization
Number of People Available
Location-wise Total Employees
Current Availability, Location-wise
Project Manager
Project Management with experience in Financial Services Vertical, Customer Focus, Strong Written & Verbal Communication
10 1 US – 4Mumbai – 4Noida – 2Hyderabad – 0
US – 0Mumbai – 1Noida – 0Hyderabad – 0
Technical Architect
Architectural & Design Patterns, Implementation of Security Standards, Hands-on expertise on J2EE, Oracle Database, Excellent Understanding of performance, volume and load testing, Customer Focus, Strong Written & Verbal Communication
40 2 US – 10Mumbai –1 0Noida – 10Hyderabad – 10
US – 1Mumbai – 0Noida – 0Hyderabad – 1
Resources in areas relevant to service the new project for Money Financial
ServicesRole Skills Number of People in
the OrganizationNumber of People Available
Location-wise Total Employees
Current Availability, Location-wise
Sr. Analyst Investment Banking, Policies, Procedures and Laws related to Financial Services, Strong Written & Verbal Communication
20 0 US – 20Mumbai –0Noida – 0Hyderabad – 0
US – 0Mumbai – 0Noida – 0Hyderabad – 0
Analyst Investment Banking, Policies, Procedures and Laws related to Financial Services, Strong Written & Verbal Communication
10 2 US – 0Mumbai –10Noida – 0Hyderabad – 0
US – 0Mumbai – 2Noida – 0Hyderabad – 0
Tech Lead J2EE Technologies with a good understanding of Oracle Database
100 6 US – 18Mumbai –4 0Noida – 2Hyderabad – 40
US – 1Mumbai – 4Noida – 0Hyderabad – 1
Database Oracle DBA & Oracle Developers 50 2 US – 4Mumbai – 20Noida – 6Hyderabad – 20
US – 0Mumbai – 0Noida – 2Hyderabad –0
Developers J2EE Technologies 500 20 US – 50Mumbai – 200Noida – 50Hyderabad – 200
US – 5Mumbai – 10Noida – 0Hyderabad – 5
Mainframe Specialists
Mainframe Applications 20 0 US – 1Mumbai – 10Noida – 0Hyderabad – 9
US – 0Mumbai – 0Noida – 0Hyderabad – 0
Quality Assurance/Testing
Quality Assurance/Testing Methodologies, Test Automation Techniques, Performance, Volume & Load Testing, Strong Written & Verbal Communication
300 2 US – 50Mumbai –200Noida – 50Hyderabad – 200
US – 0Mumbai – 0Noida – 2Hyderabad – 0
Pilot Run Manpower PlanningEmployees required onsite 4
Employees in India 16
For US
Designation AvailableImportance
Score Task
Technical Architect 1 5 Security Standards
Tech Lead 1 5 Oracle Database DBA
Developers 5 5 J2EE
Allotment
Designation AllotedTechnical Architect 1
Tech Lead 1
Developers 2
Pilot Run Manpower PlanningConsidering Hyderabad and Mumbai offices to set up VPN
For India
Designation AvailableImportance
Score TaskTechnical Architect 1 5 Security Standards
Tech Lead 4 5 Oracle Database DBADevelopers 15 5 J2EE
Project manager 1 5 Project management/ FunctionalSr. Analyst 0 5 Policies/ Procedures for investment banking
Analyst 2 5 Policies/ Procedures for investment bankingDatabase 0 3 Oracle Database Developers
Quality Assurance/ Testing 0 3 Quality Testing
Mainframe Specialist 0 3Understanding of mainframe based
applications
Designation AllottedTechnical Architect 1
Tech Lead 4Developers 6
Project manager 1Sr. Analyst 0
Analyst 2Database 0
Quality Assurance/ Testing 2 People from Noida to be shifted to Mumbai or Hyderabad
Mainframe Specialist 0
Offshore RatesArchitect, Tech/QA Leads, Sr. Developers, Sr. Analyst 400 /day
Developers, Testers, Analyst 240 /day
CostResource in US/onsite 80 /hr
Resource in India Level 1 220 /dayResource in India Level 2 100 /day
Architect/senior lead positions 300 /hrDevelopers/testers 150 /hr
Onsite rate (US or Client-site) 100 /hr
Total cost in US/day 2560Total revenue in US/day 3200
Total Profit/day 640
Total cost in India/day 2560Total revenue in India/day 5120
Total Profit/day 2560
Total cost / day 5120 % Profit 62.5Net Total Profit/day 3200
Net Total revenue/day 8320
Total Profit for Pilot Run (3 months) 211200
Pilot Run Manpower Planning
Full project Manpower Planning
Designation Allotted
Technical Architect 10
Tech Lead 20
Developers 80
Project manager 10
Sr. Analyst 0
Analyst 20
Database 0
Quality Assurance/ Testing 20 People from Noida to be shifted to Mumbai or Hyderabad
Mainframe Specialist 0
People to be shifted from Noida to
Mumbai or Hyderabad in pilot run
Trying to use more of level 1 officials in
order to get more profit
Main Frame officials may be needed to
be outsourced
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