What to consider for choosing the right person for your project

Introduction

Your client has just sent a new project proposal and requires you to send your most qualified employees to assist them. Determining who to send to execute these projects successfully and deliver services effectively for the growth of your business can be tricky.

Resource Management is about understanding who on your team is busy and who isn't, and using that information to make decisions.Here are some factors to consider for finding the appropriate person for the job.

Track your Employee Availability

As a Resource Manager, it's important to know the availability of your employees by tracking their time and how much work they can take on. Create a scheduling program for yourself that provides at-a-glance information on workforce availability for any specific day or week

Allow your employees to log into this schedule to request for vacations or other personal time off. This way you can instantly know if a person has the appropriate time or space to take on the job.

Evaluate your employees' skills regularly

Putting together the right team isn't just about finding individuals with relevant certification assigned to them. You need to consider the individual's' experience, interest, qualification and skill set.

Your employees' skill-set keeps developing over time. It's important to be attentive of their development so you can optimize on their evolved skill-sets. Create a skills databank.

Assign your resources to a skill they have so that when the time comes, you'll be able to leverage these collective strengths and quickly create a powerful team of experts. For example, one important skill is language. For the ease of effective communication and comprehension choose an employee who speaks the same language as the client for projects abroad.

Cast your net wider

If your organization has multiple offices in different locations, consider looking at people from other locations to join the project. With more resource options you can delegate the right tasks to the right people.

A geographically dispersed team can offer huge benefits such as different management styles, new business practices, a different understanding of the market, knowledge and experiences from their locality, efficiency and cost savings.

So cast your net wide and choose team members with the best skills, regardless of their location.

Never lose sight of the budget

Manage your human capital assets so they give you the best ROI. Keep the project budget in mind when choosing your candidates for the job to prevent overbilling. Don't appoint an overqualified individual, have a healthy balance of senior and junior executives.

Forecast labor cost during the planning phase so you can make sound business decisions on which employees to allocate depending on your budget requirements.

Use Technology to Automate Processes

One of the main goals as a resource manager is to be extremely organized. To help organize your workforce, use a resource management tool that helps manage the workflow of a project, assign tasks, and update the progress throughout the lifecycle of the project.

Saviom a resource management software, helps companies select the appropriate person for the job. When using this tool, you can make quick filters based on people's skills, certifications, availability and more. Download it now to find the right fit.

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