outallocated
Outallocated is a term used in resource management and project planning to describe resources that are allocated to work outside the internal scope of an organization, or that are planned to be allocated to external parties. In planning reports, an item labeled outallocated indicates that the resource is tied up with external commitments rather than internal tasks.
Etymology and usage: The term is a compound of out and allocated. It appears in some capacity-planning
Relationship to other states: Outallocation differs from over-allocation (where a resource is scheduled for more work
Examples: A project plan shows two weeks of outallocated resource time for a designer who is expected
See also: allocation, external allocation, resource management, capacity planning, over-allocation.