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The project has to move forward, yet your resources aren't available yet and won't be soon Actions?

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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
The project has to move forward, yet your resources aren't available yet and won't be soon Actions?
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
- Evaluate & effectively communicate the impacts of resourcing delays to your sponsor & other key stakeholders.
- Do what you can with the resources you have (even if that is just yourself!)

Kiron
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Joshua Render Product Owner| Cognizant Harrisville, Ny, United States
Sounds like what I hear just before I open Visual Studio and start writing the program myself.
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RAJESH K L Project Manager, PMP| Bharat Electronics, Bengaluru, India Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
I agree with points mentioned by Kiron.
A couple of points from my side:
a. In such a scenario, Project Charter is it approved by Sponsor?
b. If Project Charter is approved, Risk factor (associated with resource availability) is it addressed in terms of contingency / mitigation plan & actions?
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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Yes I would agree with Kiron that the sponsor needs to know (first) and then stakeholders as needed.
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Dattprasad Bhaskar Vernekar Senior Manager Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Yes I agree with Kiron.
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DILEEP KUMAR RAROTH CEO| Anba Gulf , KSA Al Jubail ,, Saudi Arabia
Agreeing with the comments of Kiron and Sante, let me add a few points out of my experience.
It is stated that "the project has to move forward"; means all the other trailing lines are the constraints or risks being added in to the project . It should be assumed that such a situation of high level risk was already foreseen by the project manager/ sponsor while finalizing the project charter. If not, they should prepare for a price to be paid for poor early risk assessment .
Having started the project, I would rather mitigate the risks by outsourcing the minimum needed resources by expending the project reserves till the scheduled resources are made available.
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Drew Craig Sr. Agile & Product Coach| Vanguard Philadelphia, Pa, United States
Evaluate the impacts and continue to raise awareness through the appropriate channels, i.e., sponsor, status, health, etc.
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Paul Boudreau President| Stonemeadow Consulting Kanata, Ontario, Canada
I am thinking about actions related to getting resources. Evaluate then take action:
What are the skills required?
Can you train people?
Can you hire contractors?
Can you get temporary staff?
Do you have enough money in the budget to offer more or a bonus to get resources faster?

Informing people about the situation will not move the project forward. Project managers must take positive action to make progress.
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Justus N Scrum Master| BCBSTX Arlington, Tx, United States
Assess your options and then communicate the scenarios to the sponsor/stakeholder.

If there are no resources who is doing the work?

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