Resource Management

We said use the the Duration!!
Published 28 October 2020

A Case Study in Chaos

A few days ago, a planner reached out in a state of pure desperation. His Planning Manager had been tasked with loading resources for a client submission. Instead of doing the work or communicating with the team, the manager ignored the task and two days before the deadline took sudden leave.

Hours before the submission, the pressure fell entirely on the planner. Ironically, months prior, this same manager had rejected our support and training proposal, claiming he "already knew it" and was "too busy training his team."

The Hard Reality: No Data, No Loading.

When asked how to perform resource loading without data in a matter of hours, our response was simple: It’s impossible. Anything produced under those conditions will be fundamentally incorrect.

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The "B.S." Shortcut: Duration as Man-Hours

In his desperation, we said, most certainly, your manager, the PM as well as the client team do not know the resource loading mechanism. So, then use the duration of activities as man-hours with some adjustments. He did and hit send!

The result? The client accepted it.

This is a story played out on many projects globally. Fabricated data is passed off as schedule resource loading, and because the stakeholders lack the technical expertise to check the math, everyone stays "happy" until the project fails to meet its targets.

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The Illusion of Accuracy

When stakeholders can't distinguish between a data-driven schedule and a "faked" one, the project risks moving forward on a foundation of pure fiction.

Don't Settle for "B.S."

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