Defend Resource Management Strategies
Three myths about project management are: 1) a delayed project is not good, 2) processes are more important than people, and 3) failure is not an option (Moore, 2011; Watson, 2014). These myths, if believed, can have damaging effects on a project and the project manager’s outlook. This paper will evaluate these myths, describe how to mitigate them, explain how to measure and control the project resources expended, and identify five specific resource management related issues and the mitigation technique that can be used to address them.
Myths
The first myth—that delays are always bad—can be problematic for project managers because it can box them in to thinking about progress in a very specific way. The reality is that hiccups are likely to occur, and if one area of the project is delayed, there should be a sense of where other areas can proceed. This is where the GANTT chart can come in to play to help the project manager understand how to manage the project effectively when one area falls behind schedule. The GANTT chart shows what stages of the project can proceed independently of others and what stages require earlier processes to be completed first. The GANTT chart is the best way to mitigate for this myth. It allows every step of the process to be measured and controlled so that the manager knows what resources are needed where and when and by whom.
As Gasparotti (2011) notes, “good project planning requires time and resources” (p. 36). Mitigation, therefore, depends upon having access to the time and resources required for the project to reach its goals. Time and resources are both people dependent. People provide the time and the resources for a project, which means that a project manager must be able to communicate effectively with the stakeholders involved in the project to ensure 1) that it can be completed on time, and 2) that the necessary tools are available.
Without an effective communication strategy, the project manager will not have an adequate idea of how to budget time and resources appropriately and breakdowns in everything from the supply chain to assembly can be negatively impacted as a result. This is why Gasparotti (2011) states that “human resource planning is very important”...
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Gasparotti, C. (2011). Resource allocation within a project using heuristic algorithm. Review of Management & Economic Engineering, 10(2), 35-46.
Moore, S. (2011). Three myths of project management. Retrieved from https://strategicppm.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/three-myths-of-project-management/
Watson, Z. (2014). 3 project management myths. Retrieved from https://www.liquidplanner.com/blog/3-project-management-myths/
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