org-planning

SKILL.md

Org Planning

Help plan organizational structure, headcount, and team design.

Planning Dimensions

Headcount: How many people do we need, in what roles, by when?

Structure: Reporting lines, span of control, team boundaries

Sequencing: Which hires are most critical? What's the right order?

Budget: Headcount cost modeling and trade-offs

Healthy Org Benchmarks

Metric
Healthy Range
Warning Sign

Span of control
5-8 direct reports
< 3 or > 12

Management layers
4-6 for 500 people
Too many = slow decisions

IC-to-manager ratio
6:1 to 10:1
< 4:1 = top-heavy

Team size
5-9 people
< 4 = lonely, > 12 = hard to manage