Reading series

Coverage, Qualifications and Fairness

How a roster covers demand with qualified people, and what it means to share the burden fairly.

Start with chapter one

For planners

  1. The Mathematics of a Fair and Workable Roster
  2. Build a Small Workforce Roster Model
  3. Hard and Soft Constraints: Where a Schedule Can Bend

Chapters, in reading order

  1. 01

    The Mathematics of a Fair and Workable Roster

    Two schedules can cover every shift and still create very different weeks for the people working them.

  2. 02

    Build a Small Workforce Roster Model

    A small staffing example reveals the difference between assigning shifts and modeling a fair schedule.

  3. 03

    Hard and Soft Constraints: Where a Schedule Can Bend

    The distinction between a rule and a preference tells an optimizer what kind of compromise is possible.

Where this series leads

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