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Meet the Resource Management Model (Part 1)
Dr. Andrew Makar is an IT program manager and is the author of the Microsoft Project Made Easy series. For more project management advice, visit the website TacticalProjectManagement.com.
According to PMBOK, resource management includes the processes required to effectively manage people in a project. Organizational planning, staff acquisition and team development processes can help individual projects, programs or entire organizations manage a portfolio of projects.
Organizations lacking a resource management process struggle managing project demand with capacity. Organizations frequently find themselves accepting additional projects without the sufficient resources required to deliver the work pipeline. Adding additional work without considering the resource allocation results in poor project delivery, low quality and higher stress levels. Occasionally, project teams will spend extra effort to launch a project or complete a major phase; however, pushing project teams to deliver projects without sufficient resources is not sustainable.
Applying a resource management model to manage the resources and projects in the portfolio is an effective approach to assess the impact of adding new projects to the portfolio. This series of resource management articles will describe an overview of a resource management model, how to build one, maintain the model and support decision making for the project portfolio.
Background
The following resource management model resulted from a need to manage a pool of 60 technical architects, system …
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