Definition
Poles
Each HES element is a spectrum, not a category: the Low and High poles describe how it presents at its two extremes, while the Reference marks the typical, everyday middle. The poles map variation across the range — neither end is inherently better or worse.
Reactive spending of resources; frequent deadline, energy, or budget failures; little buffering.
Clear resource architecture: budgets, time buffers, energy pacing, leak control, and plan–fact calibration.
Basic planning with systematic underestimation of one resource (commonly energy or time).
Measure
Measuring Methods
Empirical Anchor
Notes
Citation
Human Elements System. (2026). Resource Planning (HES Passport D131, v1.2.4). hestable.com. https://hestable.com/passport/D131
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