Let's face it...resource management is often that dirty two-word phrase that no one wants to deal with. Would project management life be much easier if we could just run with the project and not worry about budgets and time sheets and resources and team availability. Of course, that wouldn't leave us with much of any importance to manage, but our creative juices would be allowed to flow freely, right? Think what you could do for your client and for your organization if there were no resource or budget constraints. Or timeframe constraints. For that matter. Sky's the limit! Go!
Ok. Back to reality. We do have resources to manage on the projects we are tasked with managing. And we do need to figure out effective ways to manage those resources, resolve and minimize resource conflicts, build accountability and task ownership, and report on resource forecasting and availability. How do we do that? What actions do we take and what tools can we use to help ensure that we are managing our resources with proper oversight and that our projects are adequately staffed on an ongoing basis? Let’s discuss…
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