Manage resources

What is resource management?

The effective planning, allocation, and use of resources to achieve desired transformation outcomes. Resources might include people, finance, equipment, or other elements.

Essential for:

• All types of transformation.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the capabilities required to undertake specific tasks.
• Understanding of how to plan resources effectively, including dependencies.
• Knowledge of project management planning tools / approaches.

Skills

Able to:

• Estimate and define likely resource requirements: Capacity, capability, finances, and tooling, for the delivery of transformation work.
• Assign identified resources to specific tasks: Matching the task to the role or person capable of undertaking it.
• Delegate: Ensuring that people understand the tasks they are assigned, and the deadlines within which they need to be completed.
• Communicate: Explaining expectations, priorities, dependencies, and changes.
• Resolve problems: Considering resourcing challenges and pinch points, adapting plans accordingly.
• Negotiate: Discussing and persuading suppliers, resources, stakeholders to manage changes and achieve optimum resource planning.
• Manage finances/ budgets: Creating and managing budgets, understanding financial constraints, monitoring / forecasting resources.
• Manage time: Prioritising projects and / or tasks to maximise efficient delivery and ensure deadlines or milestones are achieved.
• Manage risk: Identifying, assessing, and mitigating risk through effective resource allocation and forecasting.
• Make decisions: About resources based on strategic priorities, constraints, and effective sequencing of work.
• Use project and / or resource management tools: To assign and track resources and understand impacts of change.

Behaviours

• Adaptable and pragmatic
• Collaborative
• Accountable
• Analytical
• Empathetic
• Solution focused.
• Committed to continual learning

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