Epicflow Blog Category Page - Resource Management
A Beginner’s Guide to Resource Management
Successful project delivery is usually a result of efficient management of both workflow and resources. In a multi-project environment, ensuring productive work of team members gains even more importance: resources are shared by concurrent...
Why No Miracle Happens: Typical Mistakes in Work with a Resource Management Solution and How to Avoid Them
It sometimes happens that an organization invests in implementing a resource management solution. But the results of this endeavor are far from satisfactory – the projects are still late and exceed the budget, team...
Tracking Performance: Switching from Project to Resource Level
When your project is in progress, you as a project manager or business leader will definitely want to know how things are going and have an opportunity to check it at any moment. But...
Cost Overrun in Aerospace and Defense: The Main Causes and How to Prevent Them
No project is immune to factors that may result in cost overrun – from a mistake made by a team member that will extend a project’s timeline to force-majeure events like pandemic or war. ...
5 Resource Allocation Problems and How to Resolve Them
It may happen that despite your efforts, your projects don’t bring the desired outcomes and sometimes even fail. The reasons vary, but improper resource allocation is one of the most common causes. In this...
Top 7 Reasons for Project Failure in a Multi-Project Environment
Project failures don’t happen out of the blue — they’re always the result of improper management actions. In a complex multi-project environment with limited resources, the price for improper management is higher compared to...
Why Do You Need a Resource Management Solution to Boost Employee Productivity?
Increasing employee productivity is a hot topic in every business environment today. Under conditions of high competitiveness, companies are looking for ways to encourage their people to deliver more. In a complex multi-project environment...
The Ultimate Guide to Sprint Project Management
Agile methodologies have gained momentum in recent years and have proven their efficiency for millions of companies already, so nobody has any doubts about it today. Being agile means being flexible enough to adequately...
Resource Leveling: How to Optimize Resource Allocation and Utilization
What if you allocate resources to project tasks and realize that some employees are required for several assignments at the same time? Or a team member’s workload turns out to exceed his or her...