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title: Create an operational resource plan
description: Create an operational resource plan and allocate a certain portion of your team capacity for operational work, such as administration, meeting, or training.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-business-management/resource-management/create-operational-plan.html
release: australia
product: Resource Management
classification: resource-management
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 3
breadcrumb: [Resource plans, Resource Management classic, Project Portfolio Management, Strategic Portfolio Management]
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# Create an operational resource plan

Create an operational resource plan and allocate a certain portion of your team capacity for operational work, such as administration, meeting, or training.

## Before you begin

**Important:** Resource plans in Resource Management will no longer be available for new customers from future releases.

You're encouraged [migrate your existing resource plans](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/resource-management/rsrc-plans-rsrc-asgmnts.md) to work on resource assignments which offers more flexibility and [Create resource assignments in Resource Management Workspace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/resource-management/create-ra-rmw.md) using Resource Management Workspace or Project Workspace.

Role required: resource\_user, resource\_manager, it\_project\_manager, demand\_manager, admin

## About this task

Create a resource plan for an operational work type such as Meeting, Training, Admin work, or Phone call.

For more information on operational resource plans, see [Operational Resource Plan - All That You Need to Know](https://community.servicenow.com/community?id=community_article&sys_id=7cf4950a1b0110d4d01143f6fe4bcb65).

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Resource** > **Resource Plans** > **Create New Operational Plan**.

2.  On the Resource form, fill in the fields.

    For a description of the field names, see [Resource form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/resource-management/rsrc-form.md).

3.  Select **Save**.


**Parent Topic:**[Resource plans](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/resource-management/c_ResourcePlans.md)

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[Map a time card category with operational work types](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/time-card-management/map-time-card-category.md)