Resource Scheduling In Project Management

Resource scheduling is one of the keys to successfully complete a project. Project managers can mitigate, avoid or accept possible issues by properly allocating and scheduling resources for the project.
Resource scheduling can be defined as a system of assigning all the available and future resources in order to successfully accomplish the project; however, project managers must accept that every project brings a risk, and they must prepare in order to mitigate, avoid or accept the risk. Resource scheduling, play a major role in project planning because if project managers fail to plan and allocate resources for the project, they will have problems in completing the project, this problem most likely will affect their reputation and most likely …show more content…
Project managers can’t afford and must avoid project delays at all costs because delays can increase project’s costs. Project managers must avoid setting unrealistic deadlines in order to avoid a major setback in the project, they should carefully calculate how long the project will take, and schedule some slack time within the project, just in case an uncontrollable event happens (Natural or man-made disaster). Project managers must identify the main goals of the projects and stay within those boundaries in order to successfully accomplish the project on time Project managers must conduct an initial meeting in order to inform everyone in the project what is expected from them, and be very clear about everyone being held accountable for everything they do while working in the project because lack of accountability could affect the project tremendously to the point that the project could be delayed or fail all together. Project managers must choose their staff wisely in order to select the most qualified individuals to complete the project, because if they fail to choose wisely, they could end up with individuals who are underqualified to work on the project. Underqualified individuals could affect the progress of the project and could cost the company several thousands and in some cases …show more content…
Fuzzy logic is a relatively new technique utilized to solve engineering control issues. The fuzzy set technique can be utilized to manage different sizes or complexity of projects. This technique is easy to learn and could be one of the keys to the success of the project if utilized