Project Human Resources Management

People determine the success and failure of organizations and projects. Project human resource management includes the processes required to make the most effective use of the people involved with a project.

Project Human Resource Management (HRM) also involves organizing and managing people on a project team. The team is usually made up of different people with specific skills and responsibilities. The project team, also known as project staff, should be involved in planning and decision making from the beginning of the project all the way through the project closure.

Projects are more likely to succeed when project managers influence with professional expertise and challenging work. Projects are more likely to fail when project managers rely too heavily on authority, money or penalty. Project Human Resource Management should represent all of the project stakeholders, sponsors, customers and individual contributors for:

• Organizational Planning - identifying, documenting, and assigning project roles, responsibilities, and reporting relationships.
  
  
• Staff Acquisition - getting the needed human resources assigned to and working on the project.
  
  
• Team Development  - developing individual and group skills to enhance project performance.

In this course, you will learn that HRM is the process of managing people in organizations and teams in a structured and through manner. All Team members should feel invested in the outcome of the project. This will increase loyalty and commitment to project goals and objectives. The number of team members and their responsibilities can evolve or change as a project moves forward.

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