• Task Identification & Work Breakdown Structure
• Task Identification and Work Breakdown


• Assigning Resources
• Assigning Resources
• Team Roles and Responsibilities List
• Responsibility Allocation Matrix


• Identifying Dependencies
• Identifying Dependencies


• Estimating Work & Costs
• Estimating Work and Costs
• Estimating Process and Methods
• Pete's Estimating Laws
• Project Budgets and Cost Tracking
• Tools and Equipment List


• Project Schedule & Critical Path
• Project Schedule and Critical Path
• Scheduling Checklist
• Milestone Table with Driver Tasks


• Make Trade-offs & Optimize
• Make Trade-offs and Optimize
• Project Flexibility Matrix
• Project Alternatives Tradeoff Table
• Product and Project Risk Assessment and Mitigation Tables
• Risk Management Plan


• Create Project Plan Document
• Create Project Plan Document
• Generic Project Plan Document
• Project Plan Example – Small Project
• IT Project Plan Document
• Development Project Plan
• Software Project Plan

Planning and Scheduling: Assigning Resources

Summary: This guideline focuses on identifying resources needed for each item in a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). Includes a worksheet for tracking assignments or assignment data before entering scheduling information into another tool.

This guideline will help you with ...

• Timely staffing of the critical, high-leverage period of project initiation and ramp-up
• Consideration of what specific skills and experience are needed when assigning resources to tasks
• Commitment by team members' functional managers to their people's specific involvement
• Avoidance of down-stream resource conflicts with other projects

What you get:

• Instructions for using the guideline
• Types of members in the project team, along with typical assignments for each
• Tips for effective communication during resource assignment
• How to consider skills, competency and experience needed when assigning resources
• Detailed resource assignment steps
• Example worksheet: Assign Owners and Resources to Work