Summary
In this chapter, we built upon the preceding knowledge of finding the right team members to staff our projects. This is important since this will drive the success of projects, productivity of the team, and profitability of the company.
When staffing projects, we learned how important roles are to the overall staffing model. We built upon that by identifying specific patterns of scheduling and adding specifics to each requirement. The value of this is to improve communication for the people responsible for scheduling.
We then were able to generate requirements and submit requests to be processed through the Schedule board. This provides a company with the management tools to keep team members assigned to the right tasks.
Building upon the concepts of booking types, statuses, and allocation methods, we reviewed how to maximize the Schedule board and improve the overall productivity of a company.
As we enter into Chapter 8, Managing a Project to Success, we will see...