Content-package workload worksheet
Creator Lane | Reviewed September 15, 2026
https://creatorlanehq.com/blog/creator-workload-calculator

CONTENT-PACKAGE WORKLOAD WORKSHEET
Planning window:
Package / client:
One item means:
Included review scope:
Excluded work:
Dependencies / approver availability:

INPUTS — DECIMAL HOURS
Number of items:
Research per item:
Filming per item:
Editing per item:
Revisions per item:
Publishing per item:
Shared administration, counted once:
Available hours in this same window:
Contingency percent:
Source of estimates: measured / provisional / mixed
Batch-work allocation notes:

CALCULATION
Per-item total:
Items × per-item total:
Base workload including shared administration:
Contingency = base × percent / 100:
Planned workload = base + contingency:
Remaining = available − planned:
If negative, required change:

FICTIONAL EXAMPLE — NOT A BENCHMARK
6 items
Research 0.5 + filming 0.75 + editing 1.5 + revisions 0.5 + publishing 0.25 = 3.5 hours per item
6 × 3.5 = 21 hours
Shared administration = 3 hours
Base = 24 hours
Chosen contingency = 20%, adding 4.8 hours
Planned workload = 28.8 hours
Available = 30 hours
Remaining = 1.2 hours

ACTUAL-TIME LOG — duplicate per item
Item ID:
Research:
Filming:
Editing:
Revisions:
Publishing:
Unexpected work and reason:
Waiting / calendar delay, recorded separately:
What should change in the next estimate?:

DECISION
Package fits effort capacity?:
Shoot / approval / publication dates also fit?:
Constrained role or dependency?:
Scope, timing or support adjustment:
Confirmed assumptions and date:

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