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title: "Teambook for Work and Project Scheduling"
url: "https://kb.teambookapp.com/en/article/teambook-for-work-and-project-scheduling"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2026-01-02T12:57:51.471Z"
---

# Teambook for Work and Project Scheduling

How to plan, adjust, and reschedule work without breaking your plans

Work and project scheduling in Teambook helps you **assign work over time, see its impact on capacity instantly, and adapt plans as priorities change**.

It replaces static schedules and spreadsheets with a live, visual timeline that stays accurate as things move.

### The core problem with scheduling work

In most teams, scheduling breaks down when plans change.

A project moves by one week, someone goes on leave, or a new priority appears. Suddenly:

-   Schedules need manual recalculation
-   Capacity numbers are outdated
-   Changes ripple through multiple tabs or tools

The issue is not planning. It is **keeping plans accurate when reality changes**.

### How scheduling works in Teambook

In Teambook, scheduling is built around [**bookings**](https://kb.teambookapp.com/en/article/create-bookings).

A booking represents:

-   Who is doing the work
-   Which project it belongs to
-   How much time it takes
-   When it happens

Bookings live directly on the schedule and update automatically.

#### Step 1: Schedule work directly on the timeline

To plan work:

-   Create a project
-   Add bookings for people using drag & drop over several days or simply click on a cell 
-   Enter some - optionals- details (tasks, location, tentative, recurring pattern, notes...) 

As soon as a booking is added:

-   Overload is visible immediately
-   Project hours are tracked automatically
-   The person’s capacity updates

This removes the need to calculate totals manually.

#### Step 2: Adjust plans with drag and drop

Plans change. Scheduling should not break because of it.

In Teambook:

-   Mark a booking, drag it to a new date or other person and drop it in place
-   You may as well extend its duration by dragging the booking border (downwards and to its right)

Capacity, availability, and project totals update instantly.

This makes it easy to:

-   Move work when priorities shift
-   Respond to delays or dependencies
-   Rebalance workloads without rebuilding plans

#### Step 3: Use tentative bookings for work not yet confirmed

Not all work is confirmed when you plan it.

Tentative bookings let you:

-   Placeholder future or likely-to-close work
-   See its impact on team capacity
-   Avoid committing specific people too early

This is especially useful for:

-   Sales pipeline planning
-   Upcoming internal initiatives
-   Projects waiting for final approval

Once the work is confirmed, you can confirm it in seconds using a simple right click or bulk edit feature. 

#### Step 4: Schedule recurring and non-project work

Not all work belongs to client or delivery projects.

To keep plans realistic:

-   Create internal projects
-   Add recurring bookings for meetings, reviews, or support work
-   Spread this work across the timeline

This ensures scheduled work reflects **actual available time**, not just theoretical hours.

#### Step 5: Use scheduling to prevent overload early

Because bookings and user's capacity are connected:

-   Overbooked users are visible immediately ("overscheduling") 
-   Conflicts appear before work starts
-   Adjustments can be made proactively

Scheduling becomes a way to **avoid problems**, not react to them later.

### What success looks like

When work and project scheduling is used consistently:

-   Plans stay accurate as things change
-   Rescheduling takes minutes instead of hours
-   Capacity issues are visible before delivery is affected
-   Teams stop maintaining parallel spreadsheets

Scheduling becomes a living plan instead of a static document.

### What to do next

To get value from work and project scheduling:

-   Plan work directly on the timeline instead of external tools
-   Use drag and drop to keep schedules up to date
-   Add tentative bookings for yet to be confirmed work
-   Review the **Analytics** section to get [relevant KPI](https://kb.teambookapp.com/en/article/productivity-utilization-and-availability-kpi-metrics) so to improve utilisations rate and productivity while maintaining a fair balance within team members. 

If you need help structuring projects or bookings for your team, contact support and we can help you set up a scheduling workflow that fits how you plan work today.