Portfolios Training Class: Managing Resources

Course Description

Managing Resources training for Planview Portfolios is an immersive, interactive class that teaches how to manage resources for an organization, fill resourcing requests and balance workloads.

This course provides the skills needed to review incoming resource requests and match with the appropriate person or team, plan for future staffing needs based on projected work, and regularly run reports on behalf of an organization or business unit. This ensures your resourcing program runs smoothly within your organization. 

Planview Portfolios Managing Resources Training Class.pdf

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course students will learn how to:

• Understand the responsibilities for managing people and teams
• Review and manage the utilization and scheduling for a portfolio of resources and organizational resources
• Create and maintain resource portfolios 
• Identify the resource assignment types used in the system and explain how each is used
• Review upcoming resource demand
• Fill resource requirement requests
• Review the status of assignments for appropriateness

Learning Level

Beginner

Initial class taken in a broad subject area, introduces concepts

Foundational product knowledge advised.

Audience

This course is ideal for users who will be responsible for managing teams and/or people on behalf of their organization or business unit.

Duration

2 Half-day Segments Virtual

Agenda

• Resource Portfolios​
• Resource Assignment Types​
• Resource Management and Assignments (RMA)​
• RMA – View and Fill Requirements​
• Ongoing Resource Review and Management (Approvals)​
• Timesheets​
• Work Menu for Resource Review and Management​
• Keep resource workloads balanced
• Fill out a resource’s timesheet​
• Approve time ​
• Review the resourcing of a work schedule
• Determine the resourcing consequences of making changing to the schedule

Prerequisites

• Fundamental understanding of Project and Resource Management processes and methodology

Cost

Pricing for Public Training is $2,000 per person

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Private on-site or virtual training is also available