Classes Project Management
Project Resource Management Essentials
- 1 days
- 0 upcoming dates
- May qualify for CEU/PDU credit
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About this class
Project Resource Management Essentials is not on the public schedule at the moment, and runs as a private cohort on dates you choose. Seats are $795 each over 1 day, courseware included. Tell us your dates and headcount and a quote comes back the same business day. Purchase orders welcome.
Project Resource Management Essentials is a practical, one-day instructor-led course that equips project managers and team leads with the tools and techniques to manage resources effectively at both the project and portfolio level. Grounded in the PMBOK® Guide (8th Edition) and the Standard for Portfolio Management, the course covers resource planning, role definition, Critical Path Method, resource leveling and smoothing, capacity and capability planning, and portfolio-level bottleneck analysis, with hands-on group activities throughout. Participants leave with immediately applicable skills they can use on their next project.
What you'll be able to do
- Relate resource requirements to the project schedule and activity list
- Construct RACI charts and apply the artifact-centric method to define work-based roles
- Calculate Early Start, Early Finish, total float, and free float using the Critical Path Method
- Apply resource leveling and smoothing to resolve over-allocation based on project constraints
- Distinguish between resource capacity and capability and apply supply-demand planning at the portfolio level
- Identify and prioritize portfolio bottleneck resources and propose targeted responses
Course outline
Course Introduction and Opening Activity
- Welcome, participant introductions, and session goals
- Opening discussion: Why do projects struggle with resource management?
- Parkinson's Law, Student Syndrome, resource bottlenecks, and excessive multi-tasking
- Overview of the two course sections: project-level and portfolio-level resourcing
Resourcing at the Project Level
- Resources and the Project Schedule
- Identifying and Defining Resources
- Representing Resources
- Critical Path Method and Float
- Managing Resource Constraints
Resourcing at the Portfolio Level
- Capacity and Capability
- Capacity Planning and Supply-Demand Management
- Prioritization and Bottleneck Management
- Demand Optimization and Reporting
- Capability Assessment and Development
- Resource Management Software
Course Closeout
- Course Summary
- Question & Answer Session
- Wrap-up
Who this is for
Project managers and team leads who schedule and allocate resources across projects PMO analysts and portfolio managers coordinating resources across multiple initiatives Resource and functional managers who negotiate staff availability with project teams Practitioners preparing for PMP® or PgMP® certification seeking deeper resource management knowledge
How reserving works. Your card is authorized, not charged. We confirm the seat with the training center, usually within one business day, and take payment only once it is held. If the class turns out to be full we release the authorization and you are not charged.
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Tell us how many people and roughly when. We'll come back with dates, seat price, and a total by the end of the next business day.