Project Human Resource Management Guidelines
Human resource management is a sequence of processes that allow planning, acquiring, developing and managing project team. The process of planning HR resources for project is the primary activity within HR management which results in creating a project human resource management plan. The given guidelines describe how to develop such a plan, what needs to be done to select, acquire and build the project team, and how to manage team activities.
What is a human resource management plan of project?
Project human resource management plan definition
A project human resource management plan is a formal statement of project roles, responsibilities, relationships, and skills which all together serve as a foundation for developing the staffing management plan. Project HR management plan is a document in which human resources with skills and abilities required for project success are determined and indentified. The plan is obtained as a result of successful implementation of the process for managing project human resources.
Project human resource management plan purpose
The purpose of project HR management plan is to determine, identify and select human resources that have all necessary skills and abilities to undertake project activities on schedule, within budget and as per technical requirements. Development of project HR management plan pursues the following major goals:
- Select and acquire human resources that have all necessary skills and abilities required for project success
- Develop team building strategies
- Manage team activities
Considering the listed project HR management plan goals, the following major objectives can be identified:
- Develop a list of necessary skills and abilities required for project success
- Use the list to develop criteria for selecting human resources
- Acquire selected human resources
- Develop project team in which every member is assigned to appropriate role and responsibilities
- Manage and control activities of project team
Human resource management plan structure
The structure of project human resource management plan includes the following elements:
- Roles and responsibilities (including respective authorities and competencies) that describe what position, rights, activities, and skills each person should have to complete assignments and contribute to the project work progress.
- Project organization charts that give a graphic representation of team members and their relationships with each other in the context of the project work.
- Staffing management plan (including efforts schedules) that identifies human resource requirements and describes how and when these requirements are planned to be met. This document consists of the following items:
- Staff acquisition statement that describes aspects of project HR planning.
- Timeline that represents necessary time frames for team members to perform project activities.
- Staff release plan that depicts ways for releasing team members from project and mitigates HR management risks.
- Training that includes a training plan to develop skills and abilities of team members.
- Recognition and rewards system that creates criteria for identifying how to promote and reinforce desired behavior.
- Safety that includes policies and procedures to protect team members from safety hazards.
Human resource management process
Implementation of the project human resource management process includes the following steps: