{"id":1682,"date":"2022-03-02T21:10:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T14:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevensondang.com\/?p=1682"},"modified":"2022-03-02T21:10:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T14:10:51","slug":"create-a-resource-management-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevensondang.com\/blog\/create-a-resource-management-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Simple Resource Management Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/stevensondang.com\/blog\/create-a-resource-management-plan\/#What_is_resource_management_plan\" >What is resource management plan<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/stevensondang.com\/blog\/create-a-resource-management-plan\/#RACI_Method\" >RACI Method<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_resource_management_plan\"><\/span>What is resource management plan<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Before we get into How to Create a Simple Resource Management Plan, we need to understand what is a resource management plan, well simply say It tells you how project resources should be grouped, allocated, managed, and released.<\/p>\n<p>Part of planning is identifying and documenting project roles and responsibilities, who reports to whom, and the skills needed to do the project work. That&#8217;s where the resource management plan comes into play. This plan also includes a staffing plan describing how you&#8217;ll staff the project.<\/p>\n<p>You start with a responsibility matrix. This spells out who can make or approve decisions, the groups performing work, and which groups need to be consulted or informed about what&#8217;s happening.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"RACI_Method\"><\/span>RACI Method<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A responsibility matrix includes four categories of responsibility.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>R means a group is responsible for performing work.<\/li>\n<li>A is for Accountable, which means the group makes or approves decisions and delegates works.<\/li>\n<li>C means that you consult a group about decisions. However, they aren&#8217;t accountable for the decision that&#8217;s made.<\/li>\n<li>I represent Informed, which means a group gets information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Review the responsibility matrix with stakeholders during planning and work out any disagreements. If part of your project doesn&#8217;t have an owner, meaning someone accountable for that area, talk to the stakeholders and your project sponsor to identify who is responsible for that area.<\/p>\n<p>The project itself might have outsourcing, subcontracting, and partnering arrangements. Don&#8217;t forget to add these groups and how they contribute to the responsibility matrix.<\/p>\n<p>The second part of a resource management plan is a project organization chart. It&#8217;s like a regular org chart, except it shows the hierarchy and reporting structure for people involved with the project. That way, you know who to talk to if you need to escalate a request or a decision.<\/p>\n<p>Third, identify the skills the project requires and how many people you need with those skills. A skills matrix helps you figure this out. To build one, look at your work packages and identify the skills each package requires.<\/p>\n<p>Then create a matrix with your project tasks in rows and the skills you need in the columns. Add checkboxes in the matrix when jobs require a specific skill. Then you estimate the number of resources you need with each skill. You can even multiply that number by the average pay rate to calculate the labor cost.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, it&#8217;s time to develop a detailed staffing plan. Identify where you plan to get resources. Are they in-house, outsourced, or contracted? When do you need resources? Identify any training they need and document resource-related processes, get team members on board, hand out assignments, get status updates, and release them from the project when their work is done.<\/p>\n<p>A resource management plan documents who does what, who reports to whom, the resources you need, and how you&#8217;ll manage them. Use what you know about the project so far to complete the responsibility matrix. 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