Project Management

The role of the Project Manager is to balance time, resources and work to achieve a solution or goal that meets the specified requirements.

Note: This section introduces the concept of Project Management. For detailed how-to instructions, see Projects.

Just as adding work will impact resources and the timeline, changing a deadline will affect resource needs and the work allocation. This application helps you manage all aspects of a project. You can see here how these elements are related:

Project Management Examples

Situation	Action (adjust Time / Resources / Work)
You are asked to add a new feature (Work) to the product just before launch	Either push the release to a future date (Time), or add more people, tools or technology (Resources)
Your headcount is fixed (Resources), and the deadline is coming up (Time)	Choose which features (Work) will be omitted from this version of the product or service
Your competition just released a similar product or service	Hire new staffers (Resources) to design and build a better product or service (Work), and arrange the delivery schedule to match (Time)

What Project Managers Know

• There is never enough time to complete all the work
• There are never enough resources to support all the deliverables/features
• If more time or resources were available, more work could be completed

Whether your job title includes “lead”, “supervisor”, “administrator” or “specialist”, you have work to do, in an allotted time, with limited resources. Welcome to the world of project management!

Learn more: Projects