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Research for book: How do you balance resources?

Over the past few years I have certainly done my share of pontificating on how to balance staff resources against what seems like unlimited demand from projects (and other quarters). But when the rubber meets the road, we all have to find a way to make it work.

 All that pontificating and consulting has lead to [...]

PMO: Top down vs bottom up project planning

This week, I encountered an age old debate: which is better, planning from the top down or the bottom up? It happened to emerge during a discussion about resource planning, but it also applies to cost and budget estimates.

Resource Planning Meetings

I’ve had this one come up twice in the last couple of weeks. What do you do if, even with all the resource allocations and assignments, all the planning and matching project demand to resource supply – what if there is still a lot of churn? You know, resources are still continually reassigned. Or worse, [...]