The first aspect to consider is the allocation of resources. It should be noted that resources is one of the basic element in project management and implementation. However, most of the organizations faces the limitation of the scarce resources. Resources can be in terms of capital, financial and human resources. As stated earlier, the goal of any project is to economize the costs. One way of doing this is by allocating resources to only those tasks that are deemed critical. It should be noted that there are many tasks in any projects. Some tasks are complete, others are incomplete, whereas others are critical. A project, for example, may have tasks such as initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and closing the project. These tasks may also have sub-tasks. Some sub-tasks hang in the middle and it is not good to assign resources to such tasks.
Human resources is another central form of resources to consider. Assigning tasks to skilled personnel is very crucial as far as project management is concerned. However, like other resources, only the critical tasks should be addressed first. This means that the tasks and subtasks making up critical paths should be considered first. The best way of determining which tasks to pursue is by drawing network diagram (Berkun & Berkun, 2008). The network diagram is drawn using predecessors and the successors. After drawing the network diagram, the project manager will be in a position to visualize which path should be taken. The critical path can be calculated and identified easily. Once the path is identified, the project manager can just see those tasks and subtasks making up the critical path. Then the employees who can handle the tasks and sub-tasks are trained. In other words, it is always necessary that the training is done only when the project manager has drawn a plan and the picture of the whole project. This will prevent cases where the people whose areas of specialization are recruited and ends up failing to perform because the key tasks to be met are absent or are new to them. It is always advisable for the project managers to assess the team's skills, knowledge, and experience and why it is important to the project. They can then assign tasks to the employees based on their areas of specialization. Another crucial tool that project manager should utilize is the workplan.
The work plan presents the time allocation of different project task. The work plan is designed so as to find out the best path that should be taken to ensure that the project is completed within the shortest time. Completing the project within the shortest period of time will assist in saving the cost and resources. The goal of the workplan is thus to identify the different critical paths and choose the critical path that is time-saving (Lester 2007). Another crucial factor to consider as far as project management is concerned is the communication. There should be a well-designed communication plan to ensure that any information that can occur is relayed to the right stakeholder and that the action is taken.
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Berkun, S., & Berkun, S. (2008). Making things happen: Mastering project management. Beijing: O'Reilly.
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Lester, A. (2007). Project management, planning and control: Managing engineering, construction and manufacturing projects to PMI, APM and BSI standards. Amsterdam [u.a.: Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier.
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