NPI, DFM/DFA & Engineering Change worked example

Configuration Management Load at 9.2% target capacity utilization for cm staff: a worked example

Push target capacity utilization for cm staff up to 9.2% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when configuration management load in npi, dfm/dfa and engineering change is being sized against an asset rating.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Open configuration management work demand: 100 units (unchanged)
  • Configuration management team capacity: 1.2 units (unchanged)
  • Target capacity utilization for CM staff: 9.2 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 8)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Required configuration management load = configuration management load demand รท configuration management load utilization target) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 120 hr for total load, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 13.04 hr / hr for hourly equivalent.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 100 hr for input load.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1.2 x for load factor.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where target capacity utilization for cm staff sits at 8% and the headline result is 120 hr, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 120 hr.
  • Computes the required configuration management load by dividing demand by the target utilization, then subtracts available capacity to expose the load gap. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Total load: 120 hr (headline result)
  • Hourly equivalent: 13.04 hr / hr
  • Input load: 100 hr
  • Load factor: 1.2 x

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Configuration Management Load calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.