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Properly Timing Resources Coming on or off the Project

Projects can die in the starting blocks for a very solvable issue of overly cautious resource management.  Adding project resource timing is a crucial success criteria.  I’ve seen projects fail to start because the resources are not secured quickly enough.  I see this more with cautious resource procurement processes that are trying to get one type of resource and when secured, they go after the next one in the list.  The problem is that often a request takes 3 weeks+ from start to finish and the first resource may not be available when the last one is finally confirmed.  The process continues to look for the first resource again. Continue reading “Properly Timing Resources Coming on or off the Project”

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Project Management Software | Clarity and Open Workbench

I’ve noticed several enterprise organizations working with Clarity and Open Workbench lately.  Enterprises are looking outside the traditional MS Project Tool set for their project management software.

Clarity is an enterprise back-end solution that is well-suited to run portfolios of projects. It seems to hold every slice of enterprise project data you could ever imagine. The reporting is robust; however, there is a learning curve to access the data. It takes some time to master the movements and to understand how each piece of data relates to the other in the Clarity UI. You will have several “Aha” moments along the learning path as you understand how it is all interconnected. Continue reading “Project Management Software | Clarity and Open Workbench”