1. A method comprising: obtaining, at a processor executing a resource management application, load data that describes a resource load associated with a first network resource that is executing a process on a communication network, wherein the load data is received via the communication network; accessing, by the processor, workflows comprising data that describes network resources that are utilized during execution of processes on the communications network, wherein the processes comprise the process, and wherein the workflows comprise a particular workflow that relates to the process being executed; identifying, by the processor, the process being executed; identifying, by the processor and based on an identity of the process being executed, the particular workflow, wherein the particular workflow identifies the first network resource as being used at a first time during execution of the process, wherein the particular workflow also identifies a second network resource as being used at a second time during execution of the process, and wherein the second time comprises an elapsed time from a beginning of execution of the process by the first network resource; and issuing, by the processor and based on the particular workflow, a command to the second network resource that is identified by the particular workflow, wherein the command comprises instructions that instruct the second network resource to proactively adjust, by a first percentage, a capacity of the second network resource at the elapsed time during execution of the process, wherein the elapsed time corresponds to the second time identified by the particular workflow, and wherein in response to receiving the command, the second network resource generates a token that indicates the first percentage by which the capacity of the second network resource was adjusted; and transmits the token to a third network resource of the plurality of network resources, wherein in response to receiving the token, the third network resource proactively adjusts a further capacity of the third network resource by the first percentage indicated by the token, generates a further token that indicates a second percentage by which a fourth network resource should adjust a capacity of the fourth network resource, wherein the second percentage comprises the first percentage minus an amount that corresponds to dropped traffic between the third network resource and the fourth network resource, and transmits the further token to a fourth network resource of the plurality of network resources to cause the fourth network resource to proactively adjust the capacity of the fourth network resource by the second percentage.