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Strategic Resource Planning at Ericsson Research Canada
The illustration above exemplifies how overloading a system, whether a truck, a computer or a development organization does not result in a more efficient use of their resources but rather on its collapse under a weight they were not designed to carry.
As organizations turn to the project form as their preferred way to organize their development work, the need to coordinate the use of scarce resources and align initiatives becomes evident.
In addition to the problems that arise in a single project, the multi-project environment introduces challenges of their own: implicit dependencies created by shared resources, loss of productivity due to resource multi-tasking and subtle reinforcing loops that propagate delays from one project to another.
This paper explains the strategic resource planning process put in place at Ericsson Research Canada to address these challenges.
Read the full text at Strategic Resource Planning at Ericsson Research Canada
About the Author:
Mr.
Miranda is a Program Director at Ericsson Research Canada. His work
spans the development and maintenance of real-time and information
management systems. Currently Mr. Miranda is working in the development
of new estimation and planning approaches for R&D projects. Mr.
Miranda is also affiliated with the Université du Québec à Montréal
as an Industrial Researcher.
Mr. Miranda holds a Master of Engineering degree from the University
of Ottawa and a Master degree in Project Management from the University
of Linkoping. Mr. Miranda has published over ten papers in software development
methodologies, estimation and project management and is the author of
the book “Running the Successful Hi-Tech Project Office” published
by Artech House in March 2003.
Mr. Miranda can be reached at: eduardo.miranda@ericsson.com
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