manhours
Labor time measurement
Manhours (also man-hours) is a unit measuring work by one person for one hour.
Ten manhours could be one worker for ten hours or ten workers for one hour.
The term quantifies labor requirements and costs: The project required 500 manhours to complete.
Person-hours is sometimes preferred as gender-neutral.
Approximate value judgment
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- planningArranging for future events
- milestonesNotable points of progress
- deliverablesContracted work products owed
deadlines · scope · resources · allocation · scheduling · Gantt · timeline · phasing
Applied energy toward goals
- workloadAssigned task volume
- durationLength of existence
- allocationDistribution of shares
- schedulingAssigning times to events
Payment for work
- overheadLocated directly above
- budgetPlan for spending
- expenditureMoney paid out
- billingCharging for services rendered
payroll · rate · outsourcing · invoice · pricing · ROI · cost-benefit · accounting
What something generates
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- utilizationPractical application of something
- performanceCarrying out a task
- throughputProcessing rate over time
yield · optimization · automation · streamlining · bottleneck · downtime · workforce · staffing
estimation
Approximate value judgment
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- planningArranging for future events
- milestonesNotable points of progress
deliverables · deadlines · scope · resources · allocation · scheduling · Gantt · timeline · phasing · completion
effort
Applied energy toward goals
- workloadAssigned task volume
- durationLength of existence
- allocationDistribution of shares
wages
Payment for work
- overheadLocated directly above
- budgetPlan for spending
- expenditureMoney paid out
billing · payroll · rate · outsourcing · invoice · pricing · ROI · cost-benefit · accounting
output
What something generates
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- utilizationPractical application of something
- performanceCarrying out a task
throughput · yield · optimization · automation · streamlining · bottleneck · downtime · workforce · staffing · headcount
manhourselapsed time
Time that has passed
duration · output · lead time · deliverables · throughput
man, hour, manly, manliness, manhood, mankind, manlike, unmanned, manned