Breakout Session

Overallocated and Flying Blind: Resource Planning in the Real World

Thursday, Nov 5 | 1:20PM - 2:20PM

Details

Most resource management efforts fail for one reason: the data stops being true. Your heatmap turns red based on whatever work made it into a project plan that's now stale, while the support queue, the keep-the-lights-on work, and the PTO stay invisible. AI has made the analysis cheap, which makes the data foundation matter more, not less. This session is about right-sizing your practice: matching rigor to the decisions you need to make, and capturing all the demand. We'll cover where AI helps with utilization and what-ifs, and how to keep the data trustworthy after the novelty wears off.

Content Track

Prove It: Connecting Execution Data to Business Results

User Level

Intermediate

Location

Room 420 - Level 4

Speakers

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Amy Yarrington

Principal Enterprise Solutions Engineer

Amy Yarrington has spent 25 years in portfolio and project management, with deep expertise in designing and running PPM solutions. She first encountered Smartsheet at VF Corporation in 2017, where she deployed the platform in the technology PMO. Amy joined Smartsheet in 2019 as a Customer Success Manager, helping customers grow adoption and realize lasting impact. That platform knowledge led her into Solutions Engineering, where she now helps enterprise customers design and scale solutions that improve how their teams work.

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Devyn Heimbeck

Sr. Enterprise Solutions Engineer

Devyn Heimbeck is a Senior Solutions Engineer at Smartsheet with over six years of tenure, bringing an additional six years of hands-on experience as a Smartsheet customer managing large-scale software implementations and customer development projects. His career at Smartsheet began in Consulting, where he designed and implemented solutions across diverse industries and use cases, before transitioning to his current role supporting Strategic accounts. This combination of customer-side and implementation experience gives Devyn a uniquely grounded perspective on how organizations can maximize the value of Smartsheet in complex, enterprise environments.