Resource Projection Best Practice 1 – Standardized Assumptions
Understanding the resource cost of activities is key to creating confidence that assigned work can be completed successfully and on time. Regardless of whether activities are frequently recurring and therefore well understood or one time efforts to produce a unique product or service, the use of standardized resource assumptions greatly helps the organization anticipate the quantity and type of resources needed to perform its approved work.
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Additional Resources
StrategyDriven contributors recommend the following resource that elaborates and compliments the Standardized Assumptions best practice:
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Third Edition
by the Project Management Institute
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