The Project Manager’s Role in This Relationship
If you are convinced that the functions described earlier, as performed by the resource manager, are crucial to your success, I suggest that there are two initiatives that you as a project manager need to take in order to ensure that the resource manager is capable of supporting you, your project, and project management. Those two initiatives are 1) provide training, and 2) provide position support tools.
Training
Provide a class for resource managers that addresses the resource management process and their role in the project management discipline. Position the course not only as a skills course to support the project effort within the organization, but also as a partnership course for project ...
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