Matching Planner – Event Personnel Planning Application
The Matching Planner is a web-based personnel planning application built with native PHP and JavaScript. It was designed to plan volunteers for events and provide real-time insights into availability and task allocation.
The application was actively used for church services, enabling administrators to efficiently assign volunteers to roles, manage schedules, and avoid planning conflicts.
Role & Responsibilities
Developer
This was a personal project, fully designed and implemented by me and a friend of mine, with a focus on practical usability and real-world planning requirements within a local community.
Core Technologies
- PHP
- JavaScript
- HTML, CSS
Integration & Architecture
- Web-based application with server-side planning logic
- Real-time availability and assignment handling
- Simple, task-focused UI for non-technical users
Key Contributions & Impact
- Designed and implemented a complete personnel planning workflow
- Enabled structured assignment of volunteers to event-specific tasks
- Improved transparency of availability and workload distribution
- Reduced planning effort and coordination overhead for organizers
- Delivered a maintainable solution tailored to community needs
Learnings & Takeaways
- Practical experience designing planning tools for real-world users
- Improved understanding of scheduling and resource allocation logic
- Experience translating community requirements into functional software
- Insight into building simple, effective tools with high everyday value