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Resource management has long been thought of as part and parcel of the project portfolio management (PPM) setup, relegated to being just another aspect to managing a project from planning to execution. And, while technically this is…

Many projects get delayed because project managers lack insight into the true availability of their resources, or how long it takes them to complete tasks. By using timesheets for resource tracking, you can gain more accurate insights…

One of the key limitations of project management software is that it restricts your flexibility when it comes to task management and allocation. Let’s explore these issues and look at how you can overcome one of the…

As we all know, ‘Supply and Demand’ is one of the most fundamental concepts in economics: where demand refers to how much of a product or service is desired by buyers, and supply represents how much the…

Many of the major project management solutions available today are highly flexible. However, one drawback is that many of these tools fail to provide capabilities for resource management techniques. In this post, we will explore some the…

According to a 2015 report by 2080 Strategy Execution, a training company, the biggest challenge for Project Management Offices (PMO) across industries was resource management. And it still is. The reason for this comes down to the simple economics…

If you read our previous post in this “crawl, walk, run” series, you’ll be acquainted with the early process of incorporating resource management into your organization. In part 2, we’re going to guide you from the basics of…

We have previously mentioned the alarming statistics regarding the number of projects that fail. Not only that, but the rate at which they are falling short has increased over the past few years. When other areas of the business…

The ability to see into the future hasn’t quite reached the everyday abilities of your average project manager. If it was the case, project risk management might be made redundant. But for now, risk management remains one of the…