Project Management Skills

(Project HR & Communication Management)

 PROJECT
RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
Getting the Team
Together
Managing the project resources is how the project manager spends most
their time. The project team is one of the most important components of
of
project success – Having confidence that your team is going to get the job
done right, on time, and under budget, is virtually priceless.
⚫ Trends and Emerging Practices in Project Schedule Management
⚫ The following emerging trends and practices have been introduced in project
resource management
⚫ Resource Management methods
⚫ Lean, JIT, Kaizen, TPM, TOC etc.
⚫ Emotional intelligence
⚫ Personal EI (inbound – Self-awareness, self-management, and outbound –
Relationship management)
⚫ Team EI (emotionally competent team )
⚫ Self-organizing teams
⚫ Agile world
⚫ Virtual teams and distributed teams
The six Resource Management Processes
PROCE PROCE
PROCESS NAME DESCRIPTION
S S# SS
GROU
P
Plan Define how to estimate, acquire, manage, and
1 utilize physical and team resources.
Resource
Management Planning Estimate team resources and the type and quantities
of material, equipment, and supplies necessary to
Estimate
2 perform project work.
Activity
Resources
Obtain team members, facilities, equipment,
3 Acquire Resources materials, supplies, and other resources necessary to
complete project work.
Improve competencies, team member
4 Develop Team Executing interaction, and the overall team environment to
enhance project performance.
Track team member performance, providing
5 Manage Team feedback, resolving issues, and managing team
changes to optimize project performance.
The six Resource Management Processes
PROCE PROCE
PROCESS NAME DESCRIPTION
S S# SS
GROUP

ensure that the physical resources assigned and

Monitoring
allocated to the project are available as planned, as
6 Control Resources &
well as monitoring the planned versus actual use of
Controllin resources, and perform corrective action as
g necessary.
 PROJECT
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT
Getting TheWord Out
The three Communications Management
Processes
PROCE PROCE
PROCESS NAME DESCRIPTION
S S# SS
GROUP
Develop an appropriate approach and plan for
project communication activities based on the
Plan information needs of each stakeholder or group,
1 Planning
Communications available organizational assets, and the needs of the
Management project.
Ensure timely and appropriate collection, creation,
Manage distribution, storage, retrieval, management,
2 Executing monitoring, and the ultimate disposition of project
Communication
s information.
Monitor Monitoring
Ensure the information needs of the project
3 Communication &
and its stakeholders are met.
s Controllin
g