Description
PROJ-640: Talent Management
Getting Started
Throughout this course, you will be provided with many opportunities to synthesize the project management theories and practices you’ve learned about and to apply them to a specific business scenario or challenge. These cases will also require you to reflect upon your experiences that are relevant to project management competencies and processes.
Upon successful completion of this assignment, you will be able to:
Apply creative thinking and problem-solving skills in resource planning and team acquisition.
Evaluate tools and techniques for acquiring project resources.
Resources
Textbook: Agile Fundamentals: A Comprehensive Guide to Using an Agile Approach
Textbook: PMP Exam Prep
Article: Battling the Resource Curse
Video & Transcript: Planning Human Resources and Acquiring the Project Team
Note: The inclusion of publicly-accessible video links in your courses and program should neither be considered a recommendation or endorsement of any products or services mentioned within them.
Background Information
Now that you have examined the process of acquiring resources, you will reflect upon a specific project scenario that requires you to apply the project management concepts and best practices you have learned about in this workshop. Submit a brief analysis of the tools and techniques needed to acquire resources based upon the project characteristics described in this scenario. Discuss how each tool will be utilized and how it will benefit the project. Additionally, share the project management skills, such as negotiation, that will be critical for successful resource acquisition based upon the organizational structure and nature of the project.
Instructions
Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
Review the following resources, as needed:
PMP Exam Prep, review Chapter 9: Resources
Agile Fundamentals: A Comprehensive Guide to Using an Agile Approach, review Chapter 7: High Performing Teams
Read the article Battling the Resource Curse.
Watch the video Planning Human Resources and Acquiring the Project Team
Watch from 7:15 to 19:00 for the Planning HR process overview.
Watch from 19:00 to the end for the Acquiring Project Team overview.
Transcript of the videos.
Write a business letter to your project sponsor describing your planned approach to acquire resources (build a team) to work on an upcoming project.
Assume that you are in a project leadership position in a medium sized Specialty Coffee Distribution company, named “CafeLatte”.
You have been asked to launch a new project, to establish a storefront/coffee shop where the coffee you distribute will be available to retail customers, by the pound for home brewing or by the cup in the coffee shop setting.
You need to determine the necessary resourcing to get the project done.
Here are some assumptions:
Some of the team will come from within CafeLatte’s current staff, and they report to functional managers throughout the company. Other members of your new team will be contracted from external sources.
You will need a construction team, interior designers, a Human Resource Partner to staff the new team, and product planners to establish the marketing strategy.
Assess the overall resource needs for the work (note: you do not need to plan each individual role/person for the construction work- limit your overall plan to no more than 15 resources/people).
Compose a letter to the business owner in which you explain your recommendation for building the team.
Discuss which roles should be internally filled- how many people you need in each role and the level of expertise/experience is required
Explain which roles you recommend contracting outside of CafeLatte, and provide reasoning for each of your recommendations.
Your submission should be a minimum of 350 words.
Review the rubric your instructor will use to evaluate the quality of your work and make improvements as needed to meet the expectations outlined.
