There is no way to see, at the top level, who is working on what projects.

[dreeves4321]

There needs to be a way, from the All Projects view, to get quick insight into who is on which projects. Until then, StaffPlan isn't very useful for the tricky detailed planning and shuffling needed to staff incoming project needs and change orders, because there is no way to see if a "fully booked" person is on projects that are flexible.

The ambitious time-line approach solved this. But there are much lower-weight ways as well, such as introducing a column next to the project name that contains chips of who is on the project. The next level of detail could include an average # of hours per week for each individual, and then possibly a simple graphical indication if those hours are planned, past, or both. This would be a big step forward in making that view tactically useful.

[ericbenwa]

Here's a rough idea, but let's discuss in person...
For the use case of figuring out staffing on a new project, I'm guessing we're looking at it from a people perspective.
Who's available? Who might be available with some maneuvering?

I'd imagine with any design, there will still need to be a discussion to truly know how flexible any adjustments are.
Is there a big deliverable coming up? Is that person the only one with a certain skillset/domain expertise to complete a task/project? Is there a hard end date on the project or can we stretch it longer?

StaffPlan likely can't fully determine that... but talking with someone will help.
A design may not tell the full story, but it can probably inch it a little closer.

People with additional rows displaying their projects and hours per project.
(tbd on the trigger to see this view, and additional details)

Doing the reverse where its /Projects first then assigned people within it will have duplicate people spread across the projects if they are working more than 1 project. Unable to see the totality of the person to quickly assess their availability.

[dreeves4321]

I think this direction would work (for both projects and people)! A more compact method would be what I suggested above. There are a lot of little "extras" that could go with the design you show, such as clicking on a project row and highlighting or filtering against that project.