Project Workforce Estimating: Best Practices for Project Managers 1st Edition

Place the right people in the right roles at the right time with this essential guide

Project estimating, or project workforce planning, involves a systematic process of identifying and managing the key human resources required for efficient and effective completion of a project. This process necessarily balances a huge range of factors, from forecasting labor costs to managing team composition to incorporating relevant legislation and projecting the impact of artificial intelligence and market conditions. Effective workforce planning contributes to overall project success by ensuring that the right people are in the right roles at the right time.

Project Workforce Estimating: Best Practices for Project Managers offers a comprehensive overview of workforce planning, from foundational principles to advanced techniques. It offers a range of techniques and strategies that can be incorporated into planning for virtually any kind of project, along with detailed guidance to ensure accurate projections. Closely aligned with industry standards, it is a must-own for project managers looking to systematize a critical stage of project management.

Project Workforce Estimating: Best Practices for Project Managers readers will also find:

• Information aligned with standards such as the PMBOK^® Guide and Earned Value Management Systems
• A detailed exploration of global workforce estimation, project life cycle costing, and more
• A range of techniques and strategies suitable for any possible industry

Project Workforce Estimating: Best Practices for Project Managers is ideal for project managers, business analysts and consultants, executives and senior managers, and HR professionals.