{"id":1291,"date":"2015-11-10T00:11:24","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T00:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/?p=1291"},"modified":"2019-12-02T11:23:11","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T17:23:11","slug":"resource-management-capacity-planning-handbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/resource-management-capacity-planning-handbook\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bigger Boat or a Smaller Shark?"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Jaws<\/em> theme song] Duuun dun duuun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun\u2026 In the 1975 Stephen Spielberg film Jaws<\/em><\/a>, actor Roy Schneider (aka Brody) famously states \u201cWe\u2019re gonna need a bigger boat.\u201d This is also a great analogy from Jerry Manas\u2019 latest book The Resource Management and Capacity Planning Handbook<\/em><\/a> and one that IT PMOs can relate to\u00a0when it comes to the amount of resources they have in relation to the work that needs to get done. Watch the Jaws<\/em> clip on YouTube<\/a> for a quick bit of nostalgia.<\/p>\n

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If people are the fuel that drives your organization (the boat), then demand is what burns though their time (the shark). Not managed carefully, demand can overload capacity and decrease productivity \u2013 whether it is a major strategic initiative or a project to improve processes, products, or service.<\/p>\n

So how do you maximize resources to drive business growth and sustainability? Using a toolbox of approaches, you can more easily focus people on work that matters and minimize the impact of demand.<\/p>\n

I invite you to download and read the first chapter of The Resource Management and Capacity Planning Handbook<\/em><\/a> by Jerry Manas, a best-selling business author and recognized thought leader in organizational project and resource management.<\/p>\n

The first chapter includes:<\/p>\n