Estimating activity resources
The process of estimating activity resources is exactly what it sounds like. We want to figure out the amount, type of people, materials, equipment, and supplies to perform our project work. It would make sense that this process is performed iteratively, as needed, throughout the life cycle.
What you'll find, as we go through the tools and techniques, is that they very closely reflect estimates of both duration and cost. However, first, as we go through the inputs, you'll note that the project documents reveal schedules, costs, resources, and potential risks:
Inputs
- Project management plan
a) Resource management plan
b) Scope baseline
- Project documents
a) Activity attributes
b) Activity list
c) Assumption log
d) Cost estimates
e) Resource calendars
f) Risk register
- Enterprise environmental factors
- Organizational process assets
Tools and techniques
- Expert judgment
- Bottom-up estimating
- Analogous estimating...
