Discussion Board #1

Project Stakeholders

Instructions

Part 5: Resource Acquisition Plan

For the project you selected in Unit I, create a simple project resource acquisition plan. Your plan should follow the process for acquiring project resources, as referred to in Figures 5.1 and 5.2 in the textbook,How to Acquire Project Human Resources

The project human resource acquisition process contains the following key steps:

1. Review project human resource management plan guidelines.

2. Understand the project environment.

3. Consult historical organizational project artifacts.

4. Consider criteria governing project human resource selection.

5. Perform pre-assignment.

6. Negotiate with functional managers or other resource owners.

7. Acquire human resources from alternative sources if not available in-house.

8. Acquire virtual teams.

9. Complete project staff assignments.

10. Create resource calendars.

11. Update project human resource management plan.

Figure 5.1 illustrates the project human resource acquisition process flow.

The mind map in Figure 5.2 summarizes the project human resources acquisition process.

Part Two – Plan and Execution. Your plan should include an introduction, and should be able to answer the following questions:

• What policies and procedures exist in the project environment that governs resource acquisition?
• What are my criteria for resource selection?
• How many resources am I likely to require?
• What skill sets will I require?
• With whom should I plan to negotiate for resources, and how?
• How do I document and explain the detailed requirements in terms of time required, skillsets, budget, and accounting?

Feel free to make use of tables with the resource acquisition plan when describing itemized elements such as skillsets, numbers, criteria, and policies and procedures. Note also that the plan should end with an example of a project work package. Submit your resource acquisition plan in the form of a minimum two-page document. Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.