The Importance of Project Resources Management





Every business in the world depends on employees to make it run and flourish. Businesses need more than buildings and inventory stacked to the rafters, in countless warehouses in endless cities. And they certainly require more than computers humming away as they direct the flow of bits and bytes over worldwide telecommunications networks. Without people to oversee the buildings, manage the inventory, and operate the computers, businesses can’t exist.

Construction projects utilize a variety of resources, such as human resources, machinery and tools, equipment and bulk materials, and others.
Factors such as project site location, type, and size should be taken into account when mobilizing, utilizing, and demobilizing resources.

Project Resources Management includes aspects such as acquiring, handling, storing, and monitoring validity terms for particular goods, as well as staffing, team building, and honing interpersonal skills.

The human resources who manage and execute project activities manipulate other resources in order to build the product of the project. The volume of resources required and the time required for their manipulation are key factors for achieving time and cost objectives. Thus, productivity rates and resource consumption rates are planned and actively monitored and controlled.

When the project reaches the end phase, all remaining resources—people, equipment, and materials—are demobilized. The demobilization phase can be expensive and time-consuming. When not taken into account during the early stages of project time and cost planning, demobilization can turn a project result from success into failure from a business point of view.

In addition to personnel, your project may require a variety of other important resources (such as furniture, fixtures, equipment, raw materials, and information). Plan for these nonpersonnel resources the same way you plan to meet your personnel requirements. (Check out more on meeting your personnel needs.) As part of your plan, develop the following:
A nonpersonnel resources matrix
Nonpersonnel usage charts
A nonpersonnel summary usage chart

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