Anticipating and resolving resource overloads

Abstract

The Concept of a Project Resource In the context of project management, a resource is any entity that contributes to the accomplishment of project activities. Most project resources perform work and include such entities as personnel, equipment and contractors. However, the concept of a resource (and the techniques of resource management presented in this paper) can also be applied to entities that do not perform work, but which must be available in order for work to be performed. Examples include materials, cash, and workspace. This paper focuses on the resource that is of greatest concern to most organizations personnel. In a project management system, personnel resources may be identified as individuals by name or as functional groups, such as computer programmers.

Index Terms

• Applied computing

  • Operations research

    • Decision analysis

• Information systems

  • Information systems applications

    • Decision support systems

• Social and professional topics

  • Professional topics

    • Management of computing and information systems

      • Project and people management