Resource Management

AI tools use historical and real-time data to assign tasks more effectively, adjust plans on the fly, and even predict potential disruptions like team member absences. The guide offers practical advice on adopting AI tools to meet evolving project demands.

Resource optimization techniques compared: critical path method, resource leveling and smoothing, cross-training and outsourcing, plus how to measure results.

22 resource management software picks for 2024, from PPM Express and Smartsheet to Float, Runn and Resource Guru, plus how they differ from PM tools.

Cross-functional team productivity comes down to clear goals, defined roles, shared tools and steady feedback. Fifteen practical tips, plus KPIs to track.

Resource scheduling for beginners and veterans alike: resource-constrained versus time-constrained methods, and how to build a schedule that holds up.

Resource constraints limit the people, time, budget and equipment a project can use. How those limits shape scope and schedule, and ways to manage them.

Resource leveling in seven steps, the difference between leveling and smoothing, and worked examples from construction, software and marketing campaigns.

A resource breakdown structure maps every resource a project needs. What an RBS is for, who creates one, examples to follow, and how to build yours.

Managing remote teams as a project manager: traits of a strong remote manager, the challenges you will hit, tools that help, and how to keep people motivated.

Reducing micromanagement in project management: why it stifles creativity, what it costs teams, and how to build the autonomy that should replace it.

Budgeting and resource allocation for portfolio management in a financial downturn: setting priorities, contingency planning and stakeholder communication.

More than 25 DevOps metrics worth tracking, from deployment frequency to security, and how each one points to the part of delivery that needs work.

Resource management in Smartsheet, done properly: balancing demand against capacity, prioritizing projects to prevent overload, and tying it to strategy.

Resource planning for Jira comes down to matching the right people to the right tasks. Practical ways to lift team utilization without adding headcount.

Resource planning covers people, budget, equipment and time. A six-step process for building a resource plan, and how it differs from capacity planning.

Timesheet data shows how the working day is really structured. How to measure time spent on reporting, spread tasks without overloading people, and optimize.

Practical ways to raise team productivity in projects: KPIs and metrics worth tracking, tools that measure them, and the hidden cost of toxic productivity.

Team motivation drives productivity, and managers often kill it first. The pointless rules and ignored achievements to drop before trying to inspire.

Time management skills for executives, drawing on the Harvard Business Review study that tracked 27 CEOs in 15-minute intervals over 12 years.

How much time employees really lose to checking emails, what the daily flood of messages does to productivity and stress, and ways to make the inbox behave.

Nineteen ways to encourage employees to share ideas, build an idea management process, and grow a culture where innovation comes from across the company.

Resource management reporting made workable: what resource scheduling and forecasting mean, and how to steady plans amid contractors and rival projects.

Why employees avoid filling out timesheets, from fear that hours count against them at payday to sheer time cost, backed by ILO data on US work hours.