Thanks for the response. I appreciate it. Here is my take away from this: that's overly complicated. We all have a finite amount of time. Most of use allocate

Thanks for the response. I appreciate it. Here is my take away from this: that's overly complicated. We all have a finite amount of time. Most of use allocate 8 hours of the day to work. With that in mind, and given we have a team of 5, we have 5 * 5 * 8 - 200 - hours of (technical) labour per week. Based on experience we all know that what we actually have in terms of time applied to problems is closer to 5 hours. Let's say we agree that's the truth. So we now have 5 * 5 * 6 or 150 hours of skilled, technical labour per week. Taking a unit of work, a problem, and assigning it to someone creates the context for determining how long it will take to do. Whether or not Janes can work faster than Bon has nothing to do with it, in my opinion. Bob can solve the problem in two days, or 16 hours, based on his experience and skill. Jane can do it in 10 hours. So give the job to Jane if it's urgent, or to Bob if you can wait. You know what exactly to expect based off of this simple process: you've lost Bob for 16 hours. I feel it doesn't need to be any more complicated than this.