Would anyone be willing to share how you manage staffing your projects (i.e. do all of your PMs meet weekly/biweekly to staff people on projects or do you have single senior executive that determines how projects are staffed, etc...)
We are a firm that has rapidly grown from 50 people to 100 people so we are finding staffing management a challenge from the time it now takes- Excel just doesn’t cut it anymore.
Thanks all for your input-
archietechie
Dec 28, 17 2:11 pm
Hire a HR manager & open a corresponding department.
thisisnotmyname
Dec 28, 17 4:25 pm
A weekly PM meeting is pretty common. You should have someone in your management team take responsibility and devote time to directing these staffing meetings and resolving conflicting demands from PM's.
Know that project quality will suffer if you constantly shuffle people from one project to another.
dominiond
Dec 29, 17 8:38 pm
Thanks for your advice- do you mean having a " Director of Staffing" who basically herds/manages the PMs to resolve staffing conflicts? Right now, it's almost like a stock exchange and people are swapping team members based on skill sets. I agree that constantly shuffling can lead to inefficiency.
thisisnotmyname
Dec 30, 17 1:46 pm
I've seen more of a "Director of Operations" that is a seasoned architect who manages staffing/production. Depending on firm size, that person may focus fully management or they may have time to do some other things. It is key that this person be fair and objective
, I've been in offices where staffing decisions became very political and assignments were made based on favoritism.
thisisnotmyname
Dec 30, 17 1:48 pm
In my experience, staff shuffling is also a big cause of errors and omissions, the kind you get sued for.
Hi all-
Would anyone be willing to share how you manage staffing your projects (i.e. do all of your PMs meet weekly/biweekly to staff people on projects or do you have single senior executive that determines how projects are staffed, etc...)
We are a firm that has rapidly grown from 50 people to 100 people so we are finding staffing management a challenge from the time it now takes- Excel just doesn’t cut it anymore.
Thanks all for your input-
Hire a HR manager & open a corresponding department.
A weekly PM meeting is pretty common. You should have someone in your management team take responsibility and devote time to directing these staffing meetings and resolving conflicting demands from PM's.
Know that project quality will suffer if you constantly shuffle people from one project to another.
Thanks for your advice- do you mean having a " Director of Staffing" who basically herds/manages the PMs to resolve staffing conflicts? Right now, it's almost like a stock exchange and people are swapping team members based on skill sets. I agree that constantly shuffling can lead to inefficiency.
I've seen more of a "Director of Operations" that is a seasoned architect who manages staffing/production. Depending on firm size, that person may focus fully management or they may have time to do some other things. It is key that this person be fair and objective , I've been in offices where staffing decisions became very political and assignments were made based on favoritism.
In my experience, staff shuffling is also a big cause of errors and omissions, the kind you get sued for.