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Meet the Resource Management Model (Part 2)
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.
The last article on resource management introduced the resource management model concept and its application to project, program and portfolio management. Once project managers understand the benefits of a resource management model, the next step is to construct the model. The following steps will provide you with a tool to build a resource management model.
However, keep in mind the change management required to implement the model across a project, program or portfolio. Building and maintaining the model isn’t difficult, but the data is only as relevant as the project teams contributing to the model.
This tutorial is geared to novice MS-Project users and uses a single MS-Project file to generate the resource management model. Advanced MS-Project users can modify this approach using MS-Project’s Share Resource function. The basic model can be constructed using the following six steps.
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Step 1: Configure MS-Project Options
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Step 2: Identify Resources and Skill Sets
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Step 3: Identify Projects
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Step 4: Identify Project Team Assignments
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Step 5: Enter Project Team Assignments
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Step 6: Review Resource Management Graph
Step 1: Configure MS-Project Options
Before building the model, several project options need to be set. Each project is represented …
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