Is 401 Project Management: Lecture Seven-"Project Human Resource and Procurement Management"
Is 401 Project Management: Lecture Seven-"Project Human Resource and Procurement Management"
Is 401 Project Management: Lecture Seven-"Project Human Resource and Procurement Management"
Resource Allocation
Scope Management
Procurement Management
Procurement Planning
Solicitation Planning
Solicitation and Source Selection
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Resource Planning
Task
Determine what and how much resources are needed
Inputs
Information on similar tasks (internal/external)
Expert judgement (int./ext.)
Availability of resources (iterative process incl. HR and
procurement management)
Output
List of resource requirements to accomplish each
subtasks in your project
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Aims of HR Management:
Recruiting and retaining people with the required skills
Most effective use of people
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Staff
Acquisition
Resource
Loading and
Levelling
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Organizational Planning
Organizational planning involves identifying, assigning and
documenting project roles, responsibilities and
reporting relationships.
Outputs:
Project Organization Chart
Roles / Responsibility Matrix
Staffing Management Plan
Describes type and number of people on the project over time
Description in general terms (e.g. Java programmer, Admin staff),
not specific employees
Displayed in the form of resource histogram
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Staff Acquisition
Together with others, especially the HR department, project
managers assign particular employees to their projects or
have to acquire additional staff.
In order to see if there is a need for recruitment, organiza-
tions use staffing plans, which describe:
the number and skills of current employees
the number and skills of employees needed in the future
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Workers
Workers
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2 4 Days 2 4 Days
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Team Development
Aim: Ensure that individual team members work together
as a team to achieve project goals
Ways:
Trainings
Team Building Activities
Physical Challenges
Psychological Preference Indicators (e.g. Myers-Briggs Type
Indicator): help team members learn more about themselves, each
other and how to work with each other
Reward and Recognition Systems
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Procurement Management
Procurement1 means acquiring goods and services from
an outside source.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Outsourcing:
+ Reduce costs (suppliers can use economies of scale)
+ Focus on core business
+ Access to (special) skills and technologies
+ Flexibility
+ Accountability (contracts sharpen the focus on deliverables)
- Loss of control
- Dependency on a particular supplier
- Sharing of core competency / essential information
1) Synonyms: purchasing, outsourcing (frequently used in IT)
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Procurement Management
Procurement Solicitation Contract
Planning Receive Close-out
Make-or- Proposals
buy decision
Solicitation Source
Planning Selection
Issue RFP Award
Contract
Contract Admin.
Completion of Work
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Procurement Planning
Task
Determine how, what and when to procure
Inputs
Scope statement
Product description
Market conditions (e.g. prices, no. of vendors)
Assumptions and constraints (e.g external supplier, shippment may
be a constraint).
Tools
Make-or-buy analysis (total life-cyle costs!) Cheaper to build to
buy?
Qualitative analysis (strategic considerations, input from experts)
Output
Make-or-buy decision
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Solicitation Planning
Tasks: - Preparing the solicitation documents:
Request for Proposal (RFP) or Request for Quote (RFQ)
- Determine evaluation criteria for source selection
Sample RFP outline:
I. Purpose of RFP
II. Organizations Background
III. Basic Requirements
IV. Hardware and Software Environment
V. Description of RFP Process
VI. Statement of Work and Schedule Information
VII. Appendices
A. Current System Overview
B. System Requirements
C. Required Contents of Vendors Response to RFP
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Summary
Project resource management ensures adequate
resources are provided to get achieve the successful
completion of a project.
Project resource management is also about the effective
management of people to getting a task completed.
Project management processes involves, organisational
planning, staff acquisition, resource loading and levelling
and team development.
Procurement management ensures that careful planning
of resources needed is acquired through market research.
Procurement management involves procurement
planning, solicitation planning, solicitation, and source
selection.