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Manpower resources and requirements: calculation, specification
and optimization of human resource requirements; job
descriptions
Objectives:
After the completion of this lesson you should:
· Understand how manpower resource requirement is
calculated
· Understand the specification and optimization of human
resource requirements
· Understand what is a job description.
Requirement Calculations
You must very well understand that the greatest asset of any
organization are its people. Every project needs people to
complete the work. Staffing requirements are the identified roles
needed on a project to complete the assigned work. For
example, a project to install a new telephone system throughout
a campus would require a menagerie of workers with varying
skill sets: hardware and software gurus, telephony experts,
electricians, installers, and others. The identified staff would be
pulled from the resource pool. Any skills gaps would need to
be addressed through staff acquisition, additional training, or
procurement.
Staff acquisition is the process of getting the needed resources
on the project team to complete the project work. Staff
acquisition focuses on working within the policies and procedures
of the performing organization to obtain the needed
resources to complete the project work. Negotiation, communication,
and political savvy are key to getting the desired resources
on the project team.
The project manager will rely on the staffing management plan
as an input to acquiring project team members. The staffing
management plan details how project team members will be
brought onto the project and excused from the pro ...