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The definition of resources in project management include people, materials, equipment, money, facilities and any fundamental things that are necessary for executing the project. Resources are needed throughout the entire lifecycle of the project. Determining the resource requirements is very important for successful management.

The ability of the project manager to estimate the activity resources is very crucial. Estimate activity resource is the process that estimates the type and amount of resources like equipment, supplies , and human resource  to perform individual tasks for a particular project. One of the benefits of this particular process is that it  identifies the type, quality and characteristics  of the resources that are required to complete a particular activity. Moreover, this will also allow the calculation of costs accurately as well as duration estimates.

It is important for project managers to know that although this particular process is an integral part of developing the time schedule of the project, it is also undertaken in parallel with the estimate costs process which belongs to the cost management process. The premise here is that if you estimate the resources, it also affects the cost process of the project life cycle.

The estimate activity resources create a link between the duration of an activity and the amount of work effort required to complete the work. It is important to take note that the duration of the activity is always equivalent to the work effort. In typical activities, the duration is usually measured in days and the work effort in hours.

For project managers to determine the estimate activity resources,  it is important to look into the activity list,  schedule management plan, resource calendars, risk register, activity cost estimates, organizational process assets and enterprise environmental factors to name a few. Effective estimation of activity resources can lead to the identification of the activity resource requirements and resource breakdown structure. It can also produce updates on the project documents.

This term is defined in the 5th edition of the PMBOK.

All project management activities have three unique attributes and these include duration, work effort, and resource.  It is important for project managers to carry out estimate activity durations to be able to plan activities based on its three attributes.

Estimate activity duration is a process in project management that involves analyzing different activity and estimates how long it takes to accomplish a certain task with the estimated amount of resources. The benefit of this particular process is that it provides the amount of time that each activity will require in order for it to be accomplished.

To make the estimate activity duration, it is important that you look into the necessary inputs such as the schedule management plan, activity list, activity attributes, resource calendars, project scope statement, risk register, resource breakdown structure, enterprise environmental structure and the organizational process assets. All of these things are necessary to come up  with a good estimate for each individual task involved in the project life cycle.

On the other hand, developing the project schedule requires several techniques.  The stability of the schedule of the activities depends on the accuracy of the duration of the entire project activities. This is the reason why estimation techniques like analogous estimating, parametric estimating and three points estimating are very crucial.  Project managers can also use reserve analysis and group decision-making techniques to be able to give a good estimate of the project activities. Seeking expert judgment is also crucial in this process.

All of these can lead to updates on the project documents as well as the activity duration estimates. Estimate activity duration is a critical step in project management because it helps project managers accurately and precisely creates estimates of the project activities. This will ensure that everything will be right on schedule.

This term is defined in the 5th edition of the PMBOK.

Collect requirements is a process that determines as well as documents and manages the needs and requirements of the stakeholders to meet the objectives of the project management tasks. This documentation is very important as it provides the basis for defining as well as managing the scope of the project.

The document for the collect requirements contains details about the requirements that are needed to satisfy not only the stakeholders but also the project itself. This is considered as a key documentation from which the budget, schedule, quality specifications, risks and resources plans are based on.

Organizations categorize requirements into different types which include business, solution, stakeholders, transition and quality requirements to name a few. The success of the project is heavily influenced by the stakeholder’s involvement in determining, documenting and managing requirements. The requirements may include conditions and skills that should qualify the needs of the project. In fact, the requirements are the foundation of the work breakdown structure (WBS) and project managers will definitely find it difficult to work on a particular project without such document because they won’t have anything to work on.

This project management term is defined in the 5th edition of the PMBOK.