If you are an aspiring project manager, you will necessarily be required to acquire a set of skills. Speaking of the primary job role of a project manager, you will realize that one of the fundamental responsibilities of Project Resource Management is to acquire appropriate resources required to create the end deliverable of the project fulfilling the solution requirements. This includes team members, equipment, and other materials.
Elements of Project Resource Management
Please find below a list of six processes to be carried out to ensure that your project’s resources are managed well.
- Plan Resource Management
- Estimate Activity Resources
- Acquire Resources
- Develop Team
- Manage Team
- Control Resources
Let us briefly look at each of these processes:
Plan Resource Management
To be successful, a project has to have the right resources both human and physical. You need right staff with required skills and expertise to carry out this enormous task! It takes careful planning ahead of timeon how to estimate, acquire, manage, and utilize physical and team resources for the project on time so as to accomplish the project milestones.
Estimate Activity Resources
While estimating the team resources needed for your project, it is crucial to consider the skills and expertise required from the team resources as well as the type and quantities of physical resources (material, equipment, and supplies)necessary to perform the project work efficiently and effectively. This way, you can accurately schedule all aspects of their delivery process so that everything runs smoothly from beginning until completion!
Acquire Resources
To ensure that your project completes on time and within budget, hiring the right resources for each task is essential. One way of doing this would be through on boarding processes. New employees learn about all functions involved in completing their assigned work; they also get support from experienced team members so mistakes can easily be corrected if necessary.
Develop Team
To be a successful project manager you need to spend substantial time in improving competencies, team member interaction, and the overall team environment to enhance project performance.
Manage Team
Tracking team member performance, providing feedback in a constructive manner, resolving issues timely, and managing team changes to optimize project performance is one of your key responsibilities to ensure success.
The key to being a successful manager is knowing what needs doing and making sure
Control Resources
You cannot control team resources but must manage them. But physical resources require to be monitored & controlled by taking corrective action as necessary from time to time ensuring the physical resources assigned and allocated to the project are available as planned, as well as getting rid of excess resources so as to optimize project performance.
Conclusion
To conclude, successful project managers necessarily must possess resource management skills to efficiently and effectively manage projects.