This set of use cases gives you an idea of how the system works.

• Creating a template.
• Creating a plan from templates.
• Automatic allocation.
• Manual allocation.
• Handle exceptions.

Kindergarten

In this case we use Task·Planner to create the roster for a kindergarten.

The story behind the example is a kindergarten, consisting of two departments, called red room and green room respectively.

Each room has four pedagogues assigned.

The scheduling problem for the kindergarten is to ensure sufficiant available personel with sufficiant skills all over the opening hours. The problem arises because the kindergarten's opening hours is longer than normal working hours.

This implies shifting.

In the activity schedule (the upper one) a blue bar represents an activity, to which a resource is assigned.

The initials of the resource is listed within or aside the bar.

The bars in the resource schedule (the lower one) respresents duties. Blue duties are assigned an activity and gray duties are free.