Effektiv och användarvänligresursplanering i reklambyrå
Project planningProject managementResource planningResource allocationResource priorityMulti-projectManagements of demandsProcess modelingProjektplaneringProjekthanteringResursplaneringResursallokeringResursprioriteringMultiprojektKravhanteringProcessmodellering
It has become more common for organization to operate a lot of projects at the same time. These projects affect each other, either in way of resources or technical. Projects in a multi-project environment depend and affect each other, and in most cases they rival about resources, decision-makings and priority. To lead a project portfolio with several projects is a major challenge. The most common problems that occur are vague objective, unclear working conditions, resource shortage and problems of priority. To be able to avoid these problems and lead the projects successfully, an effective and working resource plan is essential, which an IT-support can provide with. The company that is describes in this study is Spinn Action Marketing which specializes in creative solutions for communication that operates sales in short and long runs. The projects that the company leads, operates in a multi-project environment and the project management have challenges with the resource planning.The purpose of this study is to research how to make resource planning in a multi-project organization more effective with an IT-support. It has been theoretically researched with a literature study about problems and success factors in multi-projects environment and the pros and cons with an IT-support for project and resource planning. Empirical data has been collected through interviews, participating in weekly plan meeting and by analyzing the company?s existing documentation about resource planning. The result of this study shows how a multi project organization does its resource planning, what kind of demands there are on an IT-support and it also shows results in a poll which researches what kind of IT-support different company?s use to plan their projects and resources.