This document discusses measuring and utilizing resources for project management. It defines resources as any entity that contributes to project activities, such as personnel, equipment, materials, money and time. It outlines steps for identifying resource requirements, which include reviewing the project scope and gathering historical data from past similar projects. The types and quantities of resources needed are then identified. Measurement units for different resource types are also defined, such as using full-time equivalents for labor and appropriate units for materials and equipment. The document concludes by covering resource allocation, leveling, time-limited and resource-limited considerations in resource utilization.

1. Resources measurement and
its utilization
By
SELVAPRAKASH

2. INTRODUCTION
A resource is any entity that contributes to the accomplishment of project
activities like
Personnel
Equipment
Materials
Money
Time

3. WHAT AND WHY WE NEED RESOURCE
IDENTIFACTION
Once the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) has
been applied and the project activities have been
identified, you are ready to identify the types (labor,
equipment, material) and quantities of the resources
needed to implement the project.

4. STEPS FOR IDENTIFICATION OFSTEPS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF
RESOURCERESOURCE
In order to identify the resource requirements the following steps should be
followed:
Review the project scope and activities/ tasks list
In order to identify the project’s requirements for people, equipment
and material resources.
Gather historical information
from old project files, databases and from people who have worked
on similar projects, regarding what types and numbers of resources were
required for performing similar work on previous projects, as well as the
duration of the relative tasks.

5. IDENTIFY THE RESOURCE TYPES AND
QUANTITIES NEEDED.
Once you have collected all the necessary information, identify the
types of resources and the quantities needed for each.
The duration of most tasks is also influenced by the capabilities
and experience of the resources assigned to them.
As you collect information about the project in hand and other
similar projects, continue to refine the duration estimates for the project
tasks. The accuracy of the duration estimates is closely related to the
accuracy of your resource requirements

6. Measurement of resources
LABOUR:
 The quantity of a labour resources is measured by
using the term Full Time Equivalent.
One FTE indicates one person that will work 8hrs per
day for 5 days per week.
Respectively 0.5 indicates one person that will spent
half of the full time in the project.

7. MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT
The quantity of material resources is defined using
the appropriate measurement units for each material.
For example, 50 m of cable, 5 tn of cement, 50 kg of
plastic paint, etc., and the equipments are measured in
numbers. Example :2 dozers,2 cranes.

8. UTILISATION OF RESOURCES
Resource allocation
Resource leveling
Time-limited resource consideration
Resource-limited resource consideration

9. RESOURCE ALLOCATION
Resource allocation, also called resource loading, is
concerned with assigning the required number of
those resources identified in the previous step to each
activity identified in the plan.
 More than one type of resource may be attributed to
a specific activity

10. RESOURCE LEVELLING
Resource leveling is the process that ensures resource
demand does not exceed resource availability.
The ideal scenario would be a build up of resource usage at
the beginning of the project and a reduction at the end of the
project.
However, the approach to resource leveling will also depend
on whether resources are dedicated to a particular project or
shared across several projects and whether there is a need to
keep all resources fully utilized.

12. TIME-LIMITED RESOURCE CONSIDERATION
In this case emphasis will be placed on completing
the project within a specified time.
This time will usually have been determined by
network analysis.
Adjustments in the timing of any activity,and the
resources required at a given time,must be
undertaken within the float available.

13. RESOURCE-LIMITED RESOURCE
CONSIDERATION
In this case the project must be completed with the
resources available even if this means extending the
project duration.
If the total resource demand exceeds the resource
availability at any time then some of the activities
must be delayed until there is sufficient resource
availability.
For level resources EST,LST and SLACK will be used.