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| Project managers lack the tools for effective resource management, finds survey |
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| | A recent poll has shown
that four out of five
project management
professionals see
resource management as
one of their most
important business
processes, but only 29%
have adequate systems in
place to support them.
More than a half (52%)
still rely on basic
spreadsheets or simple
databases, while nearly
a fifth (19%) have no
system in place at all
to help manage this key
function.
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The survey, conducted
by project management
software provider
Maconomy at the Project
Challenge Show in
London, questioned
attendees from some of
the leading public and
private sector
organisations across the
UK. Although resource
management is evidently
a primary consideration
for professional
services firms, the
results suggest that
many are unable to do | |
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Neil Davidson,
managing director at
Maconomy UK, commented:
“With company value
residing so heavily in
the skills and knowledge
of individual project
managers, effective
resource management can
make the difference
between profit,
break-even or loss.”
Other key areas of
interest from the survey
were:
● 53% of respondents | |
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| | saw getting visibility
of available skills and
resources as the biggest
challenge in managing
capacity and resources
across their business.
● Only 16% of firms
had a dedicated resource
manager. Project
managers were rated as
the most likely job role
to be responsible for
capacity and resource
management in an
organisation – in
addition to their
primary role. | |
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