Project Human Resource

Management
• Project Human resource Management
includes all the processes required to make
most effective use of the people involved
with a project
• Organizational planning
• Staff acquisition
• Team development
 Material directly applicable to leading
and Managing people on Projects
• Leading , communicating , negotiating and other
management skills
• Delegating ,motivating , coaching mentoring and
other topics related to dealing with individuals
• Team Building , Dealing with conflict , and other
topics related to dealing with groups
• Performance appraisal , recruitment, labor
relations , health and safety related to
administering the Human resource function .
• The temporary nature of project means that
the personal and organizational relation
ships are temporary and new.
• The PM team must take care to select
techniques that are appropriate for such
transient relationships
• Organizational planning : identifying
documenting, and assigning project roles,
responsibilities and reporting relationships
Inputs : Project interfaces ( organizational interfaces,
technical interfaces , interpersonal interfaces ),
Staffing requirements , Constraints ( Organization
structure, collective bargaining agreements ,
Preference of project management team ,
Expected staff assignments
• Tools and techniques : Templates , Human
resource practices, Organizational theory , stake
holder analysis
• Outputs : Role and Responsibility assignments
RAM : Responsibility Assignment Matrix ( Page
96 PMBOK )
Staffing management plan, ( Resource Histogram
Page 97 PMBOK Organizational chart ,
organizational Breakdown structure , Supporting
details – organizational impact , training needs ,
job description
• Supporting details : Organizational impact , JOB
DESCRIPTIONS , Training needs
• Staff Acquisitions : Involves getting the human
resources needed assigned to and working on the
project.
• Inputs : Staffing management plan , Staffing pool
description ) previous experience , Personal
interest , Personal characteristics, Availability ) ,
Recruitment practices
• Tools and techniques for Staff acquisition :
Negotiations ,pre assignment , procurement
• Output : Project Staff assigned , Project team
directory
• Team development : Includes both
enhancing the ability of stake holders to
contribute as individuals as well as
enhancing the ability to function as a team
• Performance Improvement (: Improvement
in individual skills , team behavior and
capabilities and change in attitudes )
Inputs to performance appraisal
• Inputs : Project staff, Project Plan , Staffing
Management plan . Performance reports ,
External feed back
• Tools and techniques : Team Building
activities , general Management skills,
Reward and Recognition systems ,
Collocation , Training ( Enhancing
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities )