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Resource

Meaning in project management, with examples

/ˈriːsɔːrs/nounCore term

In project management, resource means: Anything a project needs to do its work, especially people, but also equipment, materials, money and time.

In Turkish: kaynak

How it is used

In project talk, “resources” very often simply means people. Managers plan, request, allocate, share and free up resources. A project can be under-resourced (not enough people) or well resourced.

Example sentences

  1. We need one more tester; the current resources won't be enough for the regression tests.

  2. Two developers were moved to another project, so we are now under-resourced.

Common collocations

  • allocate resources
  • resource plan
  • free up resources
  • human resources
  • resource constraints
  • allocateTo decide that a certain amount of people, money or time will be used for a specific task, team or purpose.
  • capacityThe amount of work a person or team is able to do in a given period, considering working hours, holidays and other commitments.
  • workloadThe amount of work a person or team has to do in a certain period of time.
  • RACI matrixA table that shows, for each task or decision, who is Responsible for doing it, who is Accountable for it, who must be Consulted and who must be kept Informed.

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