What are potential Problems in resource management ?
Employee deployment planning is not aligned with corporate strategy
Uncoordinated hiring of employees, wear and tear of key personnel
High safety buffer as protection against permanent overload
Unplanned and spontaneous resource deployment/change ("fire fighting")
What are consequences for individual projects and the company if there are problems in Res. Mgmt.
Rosti:
For individual projects these are mainly the 3 sides of pm
For the company it’s resulting conflicts, lose of transparency and competitive disadvantage
What are the resource types involved in resource management
Define resource management
What are the two sides in resource management which need to keep in balance?
Explain also the specific task on each side.
Capacity —> Short Term —> “enough people for the projects we do and are they correclty allocated?”
Capability —> Long Term —> “Do we have the right people in this company? + Project Managment Job improvments“
Name the short term objectives of resource management and to which side is it related?
Name the long term objectives of resource management and to which side is it related?
Capacity management
Explain the task/activities of capacity management for the short-, mid- and long-term perspective.
Its the same plan->execute->controll->action->plan cycle but done with another focus and different timeframe
Long Term
Medium term
Short Term
Focus
strategy
tactical
operations
Time frame
Annually
Quarterly
14-day cycle
How does centralizied and decentralized capacity management differ ? Explain the different task, responsibilities and pros and cons of each approach.
Pros and Cons
Centralized:
+
specialized
better strategicly aligned
transparency
“maybe fairer” (not influenced by pm’s)
-
acceptence problem
can be agianst german policies (betriebsrat)->limited versions
Decentralized:
Linemanagers know their people better
more flexible
less overhead
- (flipped from central)
Vertiefung:How could a typical central resource management look like ?
What are the 4 Phases of central resource management?
Vertiefung:Describe what Definition of resourcesis and what software support this phase ?
Vertiefung:Describe what Recording of resource requirements is and what software support this phase ?
Vertiefung:Describe what Recording of project availability is and what software support this phase ?
Vertiefung:Describe what Analysis of resource utilization is and what software support thsiis phase ?
Recording of resource requirements - Name Methods of cost estimation
Recording of resource requirements - describe the Approaches to human resources planning.
Vertiefung:Explain the Graphic
Vertiefung:Describe two alternative methods of Analysis of resource utilization.
Matrix (Escape it like andrew tate)
Scenarios (compare possible utilizations):
Critical Chain Methode - What is the gist and objective of this methode ?
Critical Chain Methode - What assumations are made to justify the methode ?
What are the 3 different approaches to develop the Critical Chain Methode ?
Sequencing of Projects —> so essiantly you have your main protagonist the so called drum resource. The Drum is the most important member because all projects/task have dependencies on him and can progress further without their contribution. So instead of typical sheduling we optimize the shedule of the drum so he has a constant working flow and shedule the other task around him
Bundeling of Resources —> people lie when doing estimations and thats why we collect all estimations and then cut them in half to create a “fuel tank” of buffer everyone can use—>and it should be used because it was cut in half
“We steer this bullshit using the buffer index := buffer consumption/progress rate“
Critical Chain Methode - how could a possible prioritization look like around the DRUM
Critical Chain Methode - visualize the Buffer index
Critical Chain Methode - What are problems when implementing the CCM
not easy to determine DRUM
hard to estimate task
employees may adjust their estimation knowing they will be cut in half
the transparancy from DRUM not neccassary wanted
“people will see that they dont do shit”
Vertiefung: What are other difficulties in resource management (capacity management) ?
Rostis Gist:
PM only look at their Projects
Fire-Fighting is a vicious cirlce (study done as a simulation <- whack)
Line Manager vs PM’s always fighting
Name success factors which top perfoming companies use in regards of capacity management ?
Capability Management
What Dilemma are Companies struggeling with, in regard of project managment capabilities ?
Dilemma: Companies are missing good/competent Project Manager
because after completing a hard/big project they will move on
in the corporate ladder (line managment etc.) and not do projects any more
What needs to be done to combat this Project Manager-Dilemma (not a real name) ?
What Systems/ Modules needs to be established so a project managment carrer ladder could work ?
Give an Example how Project Managment as a carrer should evolve in companies.
Name success factors which top perfoming companies use in regards of Capability Management ?
Vertiefung:Explain how mature MPM helps to keep PMs satisfied lol ?
(bonus how Qualification and Carrer path synergieses)
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