{"id":64773,"date":"2025-06-09T15:39:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T13:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furious-squad.com\/?p=64773"},"modified":"2026-03-30T02:43:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T00:43:26","slug":"measure-profitability-projects-through-staffing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furious-squad.com\/en\/measure-profitability-projects-through-staffing\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Measure the Profitability of Your Projects Through Staffing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.furious-squad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Visuels-articles-blog-1200-x-800-px-3-1024x683.png\" alt=\"rentabilite staffing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.furious-squad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Visuels-articles-blog-1200-x-800-px-3-1-5024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.furious-squad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Visuels-articles-blog-1200-x-800-px-3-6-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.furious-squad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Visuels-articles-blog-1200-x-800-px-3-6-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.furious-squad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Visuels-articles-blog-1200-x-800-px-3-6.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><b>Staffing <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.furious-squad.com\/en\/staffing-how-do-you-guarantee-the-right-project-for-the-right-person\/\"><b>is not just an HR headache.<\/b><\/a><b><\/b>  It&#8217;s a formidable strategic lever to manage \u2014 and especially improve \u2014 the profitability of your projects. Still doubt it? Then ask yourself this question:    <i>do you know precisely the time spent on your projects&#8230; or only what you had initially planned?<\/i><\/p>\n<p>If the answer is unclear, it&#8217;s probably because your profitability is too. Good news: we can fix that. <\/p>\n<h2>Profitability Is Not (Only) a Matter of Budget<\/h2>\n<p>Many managers think that profitability = good quote + good margin. This is partially true. But if your teams spend 30% more time than expected on a project, you may have signed a great contract, but your margin collapses.  <\/p>\n<p><b>This is where staffing comes into play.<\/b><b><br \/><\/b>  It allows you to align the right people, at the right time, on the right missions. No more, no less. It&#8217;s this alignment that gives you a    <b>real view of the time consumed<\/b> and therefore the <b>real cost<\/b> of your projects.<\/p>\n<h2>The 3 Key Indicators to Monitor (and Why They&#8217;re Worth Gold)<\/h2>\n<p>Here are the three KPIs that every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.furious-squad.com\/en\/sector\/all-in-one-branch-management-solution\/\">agency<\/a> manager should monitor to manage profitability through staffing:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. The Billable Utilization Rate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the percentage of time spent on billable missions compared to the total available time. Below 70%, it&#8217;s a red alert. You have an underutilization or poor allocation problem.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>2. The Average Daily Cost per Profile<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How much does a project manager really cost you per day? A UX designer? If you don&#8217;t know, you&#8217;re flying blind. Without control of internal costs, there&#8217;s no reliable profitability.   <\/p>\n<p><strong>3. The Remaining Work (RAF) Project by Project<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is THE thermometer to anticipate overruns. If the RAF explodes and you continue to staff in a \u201cwe&#8217;ll see\u201d mode, you risk turning a profitable project into a financial sinkhole. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Golden rule:<\/strong> a project that exceeds 10% of its planned time is already starting to seriously eat into the margin.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.furious-squad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/veronique-gervais.jpg\" alt=\"V\u00e9ronique Gervais\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite>V\u00e9ronique GervaisDigital Division Manager \u2014 O2M<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWith Furious, we start tracking project criticality and easily visualize overruns. This is valuable for reacting quickly.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h2>Common Pitfalls (and How to Avoid Them)<\/h2>\n<p>Let&#8217;s be honest, even the best-structured agencies sometimes fall into one of these traps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cGuesswork\u201d Staffing<\/b> : based on intuition rather than data. The result? Chronic over-staffing or under-staffing.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rigid assignments<\/b>: a UX designer planned for 10 days stays for 10 days&#8230; even if they finished in 6.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>No link between project management and staffing<\/b>: two worlds that ignore each other when they should be sleeping in the same bed.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The solution? <i>Real-time management.<\/i> Implement a <b>unified view of staffing and project progress<\/b>, with clear alerts in case of deviation.<\/p>\n<h2>The Direct Link Between Optimized Staffing and Profitability<\/h2>\n<p>When you staff intelligently, you:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Reduce unproductive times<\/b> (and therefore hidden costs).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Maximize <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.furious-squad.com\/en\/time-saving-billing-tips\/\"><b>billable time<\/b><\/a> per employee.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Anticipate deviations<\/b> and adapt in real-time.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Accelerate your profitable projects<\/b>&#8230; and dare to say no to those that are not.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The result? A  <b>better average profitability per project<\/b> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.furious-squad.com\/en\/agency-work-overload-5-ways-protect-teams\/\"><b>more balanced workload<\/b><\/a>  for your teams. Less stress, more margin. Not bad, right?  <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.furious-squad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Vincent-T.11-e1748254481919-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Vincent Tenenbaum\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite>Vincent TenenbaumCEO \u2014 Fidesio<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWe are less reactive, more proactive. And that makes all the difference in daily stress.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h2>Take action (and equip yourself intelligently)<\/h2>\n<p>Wondering how to keep track of all this without spending your evenings on it? This is exactly where a tool like   <b>Furious<\/b> comes into play.<\/p>\n<p>Furious allows you to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Visualize at a glance the time consumed per project.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Monitor real-time profitability (not at the end of the project when it&#8217;s too late).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Simulate different staffing scenarios.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Automatically alert in case of overload or underperformance.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In short, an essential copilot to transform your intuitions into profitable decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Want to see how Furious can save time (and margin) for your agency?<br \/><b><br \/><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.furious-squad.com\/en\/\"> Request a personalized demo<\/a> and leave with concrete ideas to apply as soon as tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.furious-squad.com\/en\/contact\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRequest a demo<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staffing is not just an HR headache. 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