Resource Manager¶

Resource managers ensure that resource supply is maintained realistically and can be compared with project resource demand. They mainly work with the resource pool, professional qualifications, teams, working times, non-working days, and capacity balancing.

The task is not only to record employees. The decisive question is whether available employees, with their qualifications, working times, and absences, fit the planned project workload.

Typical Tasks¶

• maintain the resource pool

• keep employees, teams, and professional qualifications up to date

• consider working times, vacation, illness, and other non-working days

• evaluate resource supply by time period

• support capacity balancing

• analyze overloads, shortages, and free capacity

• find suitable employees for professional qualifications

• support project managers in assignment decisions

Working Path for Resource Managers¶

1. Check the resource pool

   Make sure that employees, professional qualifications, teams, calendars, and non-working days are current.

   

2. Evaluate resource supply

   Check which capacities are available in the period under review. Consider part-time work, shift calendars, vacation, illness, and other absences.

   

3. Compare demand with supply

   Use capacity balancing to compare planned role demand with available employees and qualifications.

   

4. Analyze bottlenecks

   Structure resource views by employee, role, team, and project. This shows whether bottlenecks come from one project, several projects, or missing qualifications.

   

5. Support assignment

   Recommend suitable employees or alternative time periods. Depending on the organization, the final project decision is made by the project manager, PMO, or resource management.

   

Important Views¶

• resource pool for employees, roles, teams, and calendars

• employee capacity balancing for demand, supply, and shortage

• role utilization for scarce professional qualifications

• employee utilization by project for cross-project assignment

• structured resource views for employee, role, team, and project

• overloaded resources and failed resources in project information

Decisions¶

Related Topics¶

• Derive Resource Supply From the Resource Pool

• Maintain Working Times and Non-Working Days

• Perform Capacity Balancing

• Structure Resource Views

• Check Employee Assignments