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My Pos is a good app, seems a lot of people use IGB POS planner as well.

Personally, I just use a spreadsheet. Group the modules by type along the left side (groups such as guns, hardeners, ECM, tackle, offense, labs, silos, arrays, etc.). For each one, include the CPU/PG required in a 2nd/3rd column (makes math easy) along with notes such as ECM strength, range, etc. The first line that includes the tower also lists the PG/CPU supplied by that tower. One sheet per tower that I've put up or am considering. On the current sheet, that gives me rows like:

Caldari Tower Large / cost / CPU available / PG available

Shields:
Explosion Dampening Array
Ballistic Deflection Array
Heat Dissapation Array
Photon Scattering Array

ECM:
Ion Field Projection Battery
Phase Inversion Battery
Spatial Stabilization Battery
White Noise Battery
(then the 4 Dread Gurista ECM as 4 additional rows)

EWar:
Sensor Dampening Battery

Tackle:
Warp Disruption Battery
Warp Scrambling Battery
Stasis Webification Battery
Energy Neutralization Battery

(etc.)

For the columns, going across, I then have:

Type - name of the module type
Note - any notes that I'm interested in
ISK (M) - ISK price in millions (estimated)
CPU (tf) - CPU required per module
PG (MW) - PG required per module
Anch - # of anchored modules
Goal - ultimate # of modules of that type which I want to anchor

Then I setup clusters of (3) columns, each cluster is used to design a different "plan" for what will be turned online in various circumstances. With a simple SUM() at the top row which tracks total CPU/PG use for that plan to see whether we go over/under the CPU/PG budgets. I suggest having at least 6 sets of columns so you can setup 6 different plans. Each plan cluster has:

Qty - # of modules that get put online
CPU - (# of modules x per-module CPU cost) to track total usage
PG - (# of modules x per-module PG cost) to track total usage

Suggested Plans:

Peacetime - This plan is what I will put online during times of peace, when threat is low. Generally minimal defenses online (on a hi-sec tower) and lots of labs online.

War (low-threat) - A few labs go offline, a few more defenses come online.

War (high-threat) - Most labs go offline, lots of defenses come online. Often a death star or PITA star configuration.

Active Combat - What should be online during active combat. Usually more guns and tackle, a bit less EWar.

etc.

All of which lets you design, in advance, what you'll want the tower configuration to look like. Plus you can play around with what you have online and see whether it fits within your CPU/PG limits. Handy for blue-sky designs.

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