In this topic we discuss

Understand resource management as the ability to identify and schedule the required internal and external resources.

Learning outcomes

  1. Know how to determine the resources required and their availability to deliver activities within a project.
  2. Understand how an organisational breakdown structure is used to create a responsibility assignment matrix (RACI).
  3. Understand how resources are categorised and allocated to both linear and iterative life cycle schedules.
  4. Know the differences between resource smoothing and resource levelling.