man-hours
Project effort measure
Man-hours is a unit measuring work in terms of one person working for one hour.
Ten man-hours might mean one person working ten hours or ten people working one hour each.
The term appears in project planning, labor estimates, and productivity analysis: The renovation will require about 200 man-hours.
Person-hours is the gender-neutral alternative, though man-hours remains common in industrial and construction contexts.
Work beyond scheduled hours
- shiftsMoves or work periods
- wagesPayment for work
- payrollStaff wages collectively
- staffingProviding personnel for positions
crew · workforce · personnel · contractors · subcontractors · headcount · workload · roster
Extent or range
- deliverableRequired project result
- completionAct of finishing
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- budgetPlan for spending
overrun · underestimate · crunch · sprint · iteration · phase · task · resource
Approximate value judgment
- quantificationExpressing something numerically
- calculationMathematical problem-solving process
- durationLength of existence
- timesheetRecord of hours worked
benchmarking · metrics · logging · tracking · billing · accounting · costing · appraisal
Assigning times to events
- allocationDistribution of shares
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- forecastingEstimating future conditions
- projectionSomething that extends outward
timeline · deadlines · feasibility · scoping · milestone · phasing · contingency
Output relative to input
- outputWhat something generates
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- utilizationPractical application of something
- capacityMaximum amount containable
optimization · performance · yield · effectiveness · waste · bottleneck · streamlining · automation
overtime
Work beyond scheduled hours
staffing · crew · workforce · personnel · contractors · subcontractors · headcount · workload · roster · assignment
scope
Extent or range
- deliverableRequired project result
- completionAct of finishing
- deadlineTime limit for completion
budget · overrun · underestimate · crunch · sprint · iteration · phase · task · resource · commitment
estimation
Approximate value judgment
- quantificationExpressing something numerically
- calculationMathematical problem-solving process
- durationLength of existence
timesheet · benchmarking · metrics · logging · tracking · billing · accounting · costing · appraisal · assessment
scheduling
Assigning times to events
- allocationDistribution of shares
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- forecastingEstimating future conditions
projection · timeline · deadlines · feasibility · scoping · milestone · phasing · contingency
productivity
Output relative to input
- outputWhat something generates
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- utilizationPractical application of something
capacity · optimization · performance · yield · effectiveness · waste · bottleneck · streamlining · automation · rate
- HR metricsheadcount, turnover rate, retention rate, attrition rate, absenteeism
- Project Estimationestimate, forecast, ballpark, quote, bid
- work efficiencytime study, standard time, work study, labor standards, work standards
man-hourselapsed time
Time that has passed
lead time · turnaround time · real time · waiting time · span
man-hoursdowntime
Period of non-operation
idle time · slack time · dead time · lost time · leisure time
man, hour, hours, manly, manliness, manhood, mankind, manpower, hourly