Most tools assign by availability. Motionode assigns by speed. Run our physics engine alongside your current tool to identify the highest-margin talent, then apply the plan.
HOW IT WORKS
Motionode scores your team on these factors to recommend the optimal assignee:
How fast do they historically close this type of task?
How often does their work get returned by QA?
Do they know the specific technology (e.g., Node.js vs Python)?
Are they context-switching between 5 projects or focused on one?
Do they unblock others or work in silos?
Are they actually free?
Assigning by availability creates "Calendar Tetris" — forcing work into empty slots regardless of skill. Seniors burn out on trivial tasks. Juniors get blocked. Projects miss deadlines despite 100% utilization.
THE RECOMMENDATION ENGINE
How Motionode turns historical performance into optimal assignments.
We import the task list from your current tool (Asana/Jira).
Motionode scans your entire roster. It sees that Mike is free but has a low speed score on Python. It sees that Sarah is busy until tomorrow but has a 99% speed score on Python.
The system recommends Sarah. Even though she starts a day later, her velocity means she will finish before Mike would have.
The system assigns Sarah instantly.
The PM sees a sorted list of candidates and chooses the best option.
| Feature | Calendar-Based Assignment (Standard Availability) |
Motionode |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment Logic | "Tetris" (Availability) Finds the first empty slot in a calendar. |
"Moneyball" (Velocity) Finds the highest probability of on-time delivery. |
| Skill Tracking | Static Tags You manually tag "John = Developer." |
Dynamic Scoring The system learns "John = Fast at CSS, Slow at JS." |
| Utilization Goal | Billable Hours Keep everyone busy 100% of the time. |
Throughput Get the project done in the shortest time. |
| Outcome | People are busy, but projects are late. | People are effective, and margins are protected. |
Increase your project velocity by 30% with Motionode.