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Unit 4: Programme Management & Project Evaluation

 View resource allocation on work scheduled across all projects Notes
 Drill down to see projects and tasks in resource allocation reports
 Use drag and drop to balance workload of under and over burdened resources
 Suggest the most available resource by skill set

 Forecast and run ‘what if’ scenarios on projects in planning phase
 Set default burden and bill rates at the system, project, or task level
Project Insight gives project managers power over the management of resource allocation for
software development, marketing, product development teams and more. Assigning team
members to business goals, projects and individual tasks is simple and easy with our PMI and
PMBOK® Guide compliant solution. Mass assign team members’ tasks grouped by skill set,
department or resource type, or handle resource allocation management for a single person. It
is equally simple to change a resource on a set of project tasks as well.
Our portfolio system allows resource allocation managers and project managers to use project
level and/or cross project resource allocation to manage workloads in order to achieve their
goals. The software application reports evenly divide the work (hours) among the workdays
(duration) scheduled for the tasks to calculate the total work or effort assigned to a resource
within a specified date range.

Efficient Resource Allocation and Workload Management

Resource information may be accessed from the ‘Resources’ tab within a project to review the
availability of resources. Project Insight, web project management software provides real-time
resource allocation data based on the allocation of their assignments to project tasks system-wide.
Project managers can also view all resources across all projects in Project Insight. This information
is accessed in ‘My Reports,’ ‘Cross Project Resource Allocation.’ Data may be hidden or displayed
according to each person’s preferences, supporting a wide variety of applications for these
reports. Hundreds of permutations of resource allocation reports are available.
Other project management software applications claim to have extensive resource allocation
capabilities in their marketing materials; however, they often fall short. Project Insight not only
allows resource managers or project managers to see the total workload each resource has per
day, week or other time period, it allows them to drill down on all of the projects and tasks that
are causing the over allocation in one view. Tasks can easily be reassigned using Project Insight’s
simple drag and drop functionality. It’s perfect for the management of all kinds of goals, tasks
and projects including IT projects, interactive or marketing projects, product development projects,
professional services and more.

Notes All tasks are efficiently managed with proper resource allocation and tracking,
down to the last detail.

Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:
1. Project evaluation is an ………………….. and objective measurement of an ongoing or
completed project.
2. ………………… and administering both projects and the overall program.

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