Abstract: Method for automatically assigning a network planning process to at least one computer The invention relates to a method that automatically assigns a complex process (10), preferably the emulation of a PNNI-based ATM network, to a plurality of computers (46) with different performance characteristics and characteristic values, the method taking dynamic changes in the network into consideration. In this connection, the method comprises the following steps: a) determination of specific assessment parameters (54) of the computers, b) determination of sub-processes, c) structuring of the sub-processes, d) assignment of the sub-processes to the computer(s) (46), and e) optionally, output of assignment data.