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Project Resource Management Essentials
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Project Resource Management Essentials is a practical, one-day instructor-led course that equips project managers and team leads with the tools and techniques to manage resources effectively at both the project and portfolio level. Grounded in the PMBOK® Guide (8th Edition) and the Standard for Portfolio Management, the course covers resource planning, role definition, Critical Path Method, resource leveling and smoothing, capacity and capability planning, and portfolio-level bottleneck analysis — with hands-on group activities throughout. Participants leave with immediately applicable skills they can use on their next project. Request More Info
Upcoming Class Schedule
$795.00
Oct 22 - Oct 22, 2026
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM America/Chicago- VILT
- Relate resource requirements to the project schedule and activity list
- Construct RACI charts and apply the artifact-centric method to define work-based roles
- Calculate Early Start, Early Finish, total float, and free float using the Critical Path Method
- Apply resource leveling and smoothing to resolve over-allocation based on project constraints
- Distinguish between resource capacity and capability and apply supply-demand planning at the portfolio level
- Identify and prioritize portfolio bottleneck resources and propose targeted responses
Virtual Instructor-Led Training
1 days / 8 hours
Who should attend Project Resource Management Essentials Course
- Project managers and team leads who schedule and allocate resources across projects
- PMO analysts and portfolio managers coordinating resources across multiple initiatives
- Resource and functional managers who negotiate staff availability with project teams
- Practitioners preparing for PMP® or PgMP® certification seeking deeper resource management knowledge
Project Resource Management Essentials Course Outline
- Welcome, participant introductions, and session goals
- Opening discussion: Why do projects struggle with resource management?
- Parkinson's Law, Student Syndrome, resource bottlenecks, and excessive multi-tasking
- Overview of the two course sections: project-level and portfolio-level resourcing
- Resources and the Project Schedule
- Identifying and Defining Resources
- Representing Resources
- Critical Path Method and Float
- Managing Resource Constraints
- Capacity and Capability
- Capacity Planning and Supply-Demand Management
- Prioritization and Bottleneck Management
- Demand Optimization and Reporting
- Capability Assessment and Development
- Resource Management Software
- Course Summary
- Question & Answer Session
- Wrap-up
