{"id":5383,"date":"2017-11-28T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T15:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/?p=5383"},"modified":"2017-11-22T10:17:16","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T16:17:16","slug":"5-steps-improve-resource-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/5-steps-improve-resource-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Steps to Improve Resource Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"

You wake up in a cold sweat and the clock is glaring 2:09am. Not again! All you can think about is the fact that you know your project is never going to finish, much less on time. If only you had set realistic resource expectations on the front end of the project, you would be sleeping right now instead of worrying. Look, we\u2019ve all been there, and there are some simple strategies to get you out of panic mode and back to dreamland.<\/p>\n

Some questions I\u2019ll pose and intend on answering are: Where do you start? How? Why? What will you gain through successful resource planning? What are the minimum inputs and what outputs can I expect to provide?<\/p>\n

You start by licking your thumb and swiping it through the air. Kidding, but if you tried that, you\u2019re probably smiling and that\u2019s always a good mindset to have when starting a project. Now seriously. Try to imagine the most simple and repeatable resource plan.<\/p>\n

In my experience, and what I tell customers is this \u2026 As a PMO manager and leader you must ensure that projects only get started if the resources are identified and in place before work begins. If there are not enough resources, the project will not move forward.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s face it, if you don\u2019t adhere to this process, your project has little possibility of getting completed on time or on budget. And when that happens, the value of the PMO is minimized in the eyes of the business.<\/p>\n

Instead, PMOs should instruct project managers to prepare a preliminary schedule that shows the required resources and the amount of time those resources will be required to complete the project. I often recommend project and resources managers take these five simple steps to improve resource capacity planning. Here they are in a mission to Mars use case.<\/p>\n

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