Chapter 9

Project Human Resources Management

Project HR management is Making the most effective use of the people involved with a project. The processes includes; Human resource planning, acquiring the project team, developing the project team and managing the project team. In human management, Thamhain and Wilemon’s produce the ways to have influence on projects. For examples; authority, assignment, budget, promotion, money, penalty, work challenge, expertise and friendship.
As we know HR planning Involves identifying and documenting project roles, responsibilities, and reporting relationships and the outputs include: project organizational charts, staffing management plan, responsibility assignment matrixes and resource histograms. A responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) is a matrix that maps the work of the project as described in the WBS to the people responsible for performing the work as described in the OBS.

Next, acquiring the project team, it’s important to assign the appropriate type and number of people to work on projects at the appropriate times. In resources assignment Staffing plans and good hiring procedures are important, as are incentives for recruiting and retention.

In developing the project team, the main goal focus on is to help people work together more effectively to improve project performance. In Managing the Project Team, Project managers must lead their teams in performing various project activities. Some of the tools and Techniques for Managing Project Teams; Observation and conversation, project performance appraisals, conflict management and issue logs.

Project managers must treat people with consideration and respect, understand what motivates them and communicate carefully with them. Thus they must focus on your goal of enabling project team members to deliver their best work.