Abstract: The invention relates to scheduling multiple tasks running on multiple platforms by analysis and consideration of various factors and metrics, e.g., priority of execution, balancing the work load, balancing of resources, resource availability, time constraints, etc. through such expedients as task assignment, (i.e., deciding which processor or other resources will be used to execute one or more tasks). The purpose is to minimize processing execution time and client waiting time by efficiently distributing workload among operational computers, processors and other system resources. The relationship of real world server workload versus time, measured against various metrics and historical data, with an intermediate result used to simulate future demand. This simulation of future demand is then used to reconfigure the system to meet the demand, thereby providing higher degrees of self management and autonomy to the web site.