Resource planning

Resourcing is efficient and rewarding with Silverbucket

Outdated Excel spreadsheets hidden in the cloud, overworked employees and overdue projects. Doesn’t sound very tempting, does it? At worst, resourcing is fragmented, time-consuming and boring – even if it doesn’t have to be. When it comes to billable project work and its resourcing, up-to-date information is vital, and it needs to be easy to find, up to date and transparent.

The importance of resourcing for well-being at work

Many people who work in projects might feel that there is too much work to do, and that the workload is uneven. Managers might not find available experts for the projects. Schedules for ongoing projects are delayed and scheduling for the new projects gets more complicated. Atmosphere inside the organization might get tense. Employees are overloaded with work; they get exhausted and might even end up on sick leave. With effective resourcing these problems can be actively avoided. In this way, employees are feeling better – at every level of the company.

Marianna Söderström

Why is it necessary to update the resourcing plan?

Resourcing information naturally changes and evolves all the time. For this reason, there must be ground rules in place for how information is updated in existing systems. Otherwise, the business will become unmanageable and end up in a situation where the project business cannot be managed in an orderly way.

To the path of growth with competencies – both as a company and as an employee

Different companies have a wide range of expertise, some of which is visible every day. However, some of the expertise may be hidden from project leaders, HR, and upper management. There might be a constant need for a certain type of expertise, while some expertise may even be wasted if suitable projects are not available. So, how do you get the hang of the skills of the employees?

Toni Uimonen

Advisor

Resource forecasting in project business

Analysing the resourcing situation plays an important role, and it includes examining how many people are reserved for upcoming projects, how profitable the projects are, and whether the company has a skills deficit. By identifying potential problems, it is possible to react in good time, making it more likely for projects to succeed.

The importance of tracking time in resource management

Tracking employees’ working hours is the key to knowing how time is spent – both on an individual level and in the business overall. It is vital for a productive, healthy business.

Why resourcing meetings are important?

Resourcing meetings are an essential part of the resource planning process. It is a place where joint agreements are made on all matters concerning resourcing. Those meetings should involve looking back, assessing the current situation, and – importantly – focusing on the future.

Resource management is a fundamental part of project work

Resourcing is a two-way message within the organization. It indicates to each employee what they need to do and the organization's management knows the overall resourcing situation. Resourcing should begin with a definition of the resourcing process to which everyone commits.

Jonna Vähänen

The pitfalls of resource planning

In many companies, resource planning might seem a bit dull and compulsory. But if the tools are up to date, resourcing might even become quite easy and fun to do. Read the blog and find out what are the most common pitfalls of resource planning.

Jonna Vähänen

The 3 most common resourcing problems faced by the customers

Certain issues come up in our customers’ inquiries from month to month. Now, I will go through the most typical resourcing problems – and explain how Silverbucket responds to them.

Juuso Pitkänen

Support Specialist

What is effective resourcing?

Resourcing is one of the cornerstones of project business – in fact, it’s the key to everything. Read the article and find out what is effective resourcing.

Toni Uimonen

Advisor

Predicting the future also in exceptional circumstances with the help of a resource management tool

Resourcing may puzzle many companies, even in everyday life. Where to find just the right expertise for a particular project at the right time? The importance of resource management grows when we find ourselves in exceptional circumstances, whether in one workplace or more widely in the society.

Additional service for solving problems – resourcing tool’s best friend

Generally, the management believes that their resourcing problems are unique. However, we have been professionals in resourcing for years and we are quite skilled in finding a target model for resourcing together with the customer.

Erno Suomi

Account Director

Four reasons for why and how to make information flow better with resource planning when working remotely

This blog will introduce four different ways one can increase the flow of information through resource management between several different locations.

4 tips to how to combine competency management with resource planning

Join our Webinar to listen as Reija Tulasalo talks about how to combine competency management with resourcing planning.

Summary: Resource allocation of 1.000 people

In enterprise size organisations resource planning is a bit different than in smaller organisations. Read a summary of our resourcing guide for enterprise size organisations.

Toni Uimonen

Advisor

The benefits of a proactive resource allocation management

Here's a list of 4 instant benefits professional resource management brings to your organisation.

Use cases for soft booking

Silverbucket allows you to make two types of allocations: confirmed and tentative. Tentative - soft booking - allocations are a nice addition. Read how they can help you plan more efficiently.

What is a resource management process and how should it flow?

How should you manage the resourcing process for a larger enterprise?

Resource management: How to increase invoicing rate?

We claim that it is possible to raise the invoicing rate with a functional resourcing process. Maybe even double it! In this article, we will introduce the arguments behind the statement.

What is the bottleneck of success in different project types?

How to success with different types of projects? Are the bottlenecks different between development and delivery projects?

When Excel spreadsheets fall short in resource planning

Is Excel really a good choice for resource planning? Read our thoughts how Silverbucket will make your project resource planning more robust.

Excel is not the best tool for resource management

We often hear that project organisations resource their personnel with Excel. In most cases the reason for this practice is the frustration on existing system’s clumsy resourcing functionalities. Usually resourcing isn’t one the base functionalities in large scale ERP systems.