Short-Term Requirements
Projects that run for any period – from a day to a couple of months to a few years – mainly focus on quick turnaround of resources ready to hit the ground from day one. The short project run time doesn’t leave you with any scope for training, testing, and calibrating the capabilities of the resources to the project requirements.
In such a scenario, you would expect your resource managers to understand your needs and bring experienced people on board within a fortnight. However, with your internal resource pool already utilized, you do not have much space for your resource manager to optimize. What do you do?
Long-Term Requirements
Long-term projects that spill over 4 years may give you time to train and calibrate your resources but will tie them to projects for that many months. As a result, you would require an army if you decide to work on multiple projects concurrently.
While you may bring on board all the resources you need, the hassle of managing them and their welfare will be too much of an effort complimented with stress.
Besides, as the projects come with an end date, you run into the risk of adding your overheads. The question is, how do you strike a balance between efficiency and optimization?
Deadline Resources
Ultra short-term projects, expert interventions, and specific deadlines to deliver – do not leave much room for errors. Take FIFA 22, for example, and throw in a small team of professionals, such as an Italian chef, 100 Asian servers, and a few tech-savvy kitchen experts, for an uncompromisingly defined start and end date – you get a perfect build for the requirement of deadline resources.
The stress of finding those specialists for a month or two at the most, ensuring they are around 24×7 for at least four to five days, and securing an error-free execution could be overwhelming when you have a brand to manage at the same time.
In such a scenario, you may want to ask one question, “How can we be lucky?”
In such a scenario, you may want to ask one question, “How can we be lucky?”
Specialized Resources
The oil & gas industry is resource-driven. You know that your segment needs resources even during the short off-operation periods. As they are brief and the quantum of the task is heavy, you would need an army of resources to handle the load that mainly comprises repairs and maintenance.
However, it is not an easy job to line up a pool of 5,000 to 6,000 workers for two months alongside managing the tight project timeline. Even though you are not looking for people with specific skills, you still need them to pull the show off on time so that it does not impact the operation and the global macro economy.
These are the times you would need a partner to move quickly without faltering.
However, it is not an easy job to line up a pool of 5,000 to 6,000 workers for two months alongside managing the tight project timeline. Even though you are not looking for people with specific skills, you still need them to pull the show off on time so that it does not impact the operation and the global macro economy.
These are the times you would need a partner to move quickly without faltering.