Chris KennelVice President, Service Delivery| UFSSugar Hill, Ga, United States
Looking for an application/software to for resource (people) calendar scheduling, we are utilizing Outlook calendar; which is becoming increasingly un-scalable Saving Changes...
What is the size of your people pool? Are you purely looking at people management support or is this supposed to feed a project scheduling system - if the latter, have you looked into any of the EPM solutions which have robust people pool capabilities?
Kiron
p.s. I'm very purposefully using the term people. I'm a firm believer that if we mean people, we should say people, as resources are "things"
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2 replies by Ben Trafford and Chris Kennel
Dec 07, 2018 3:32 AM
Ben Trafford
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Kiron, I am totally with you with regards to referring to people as "People" and not resources, I have had to explain this so many times.
Dec 07, 2018 7:28 AM
Chris Kennel
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Smaller operation; pool is about 10 people; weak matrix organization where the PMs pull from a group of Tier2 NOC employees to complete short projects (1-2 weeks). Are company utilizes Salesforce for overall functionality...PMs typically use SmartSheet to manage. Ideally, I'd like to use something that integrates into Salesforce/Smartsheet and not add another application.
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RAJESH K LProject Manager, PMP| Bharat Electronics, Bengaluru, IndiaBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Outlook calendar is good enough provided team size is small. Saving Changes...
What is the size of your people pool? Are you purely looking at people management support or is this supposed to feed a project scheduling system - if the latter, have you looked into any of the EPM solutions which have robust people pool capabilities?
Kiron
p.s. I'm very purposefully using the term people. I'm a firm believer that if we mean people, we should say people, as resources are "things"
Kiron, I am totally with you with regards to referring to people as "People" and not resources, I have had to explain this so many times. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
In our organization we are using MS Project Server to manage resource pool calendar. Outlook calendar will not help you. We are using it too but as a tool for other things. Saving Changes...
John FarlikProgram & Project Management| SPX FLOWWaxhaw, Nc, United States
We use Clarizen for timesheet reporting and schedule creation. It is an enterprise tool that advertises itself for organizations of 50+. The UI is easy to understand, and you can also facilitate discussions from the tasks laid out in the schedule. I've been happy with it so far & look forward to implementing more capability every day. The people management part of the application allows you to see workload across a team and at the individual level regarding % utilization and % free. It can show you what people are available which weeks in the future. Saving Changes...
Chris KennelVice President, Service Delivery| UFSSugar Hill, Ga, United States
Dec 06, 2018 4:46 PM
Replying to Kiron Bondale
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Chris -
What is the size of your people pool? Are you purely looking at people management support or is this supposed to feed a project scheduling system - if the latter, have you looked into any of the EPM solutions which have robust people pool capabilities?
Kiron
p.s. I'm very purposefully using the term people. I'm a firm believer that if we mean people, we should say people, as resources are "things"
Smaller operation; pool is about 10 people; weak matrix organization where the PMs pull from a group of Tier2 NOC employees to complete short projects (1-2 weeks). Are company utilizes Salesforce for overall functionality...PMs typically use SmartSheet to manage. Ideally, I'd like to use something that integrates into Salesforce/Smartsheet and not add another application. Saving Changes...
