Project Workforce Estimating: Best Practices for Project Managers

Place the right people in the right roles at the right time with this essential guide

Project estimating, or project workforce planning, involves a systematic process of identifying and managing the key human resources required for efficient and effective completion of a project. This process necessarily balances a huge range of factors, from forecasting labor costs to managing team composition to incorporating relevant legislation and projecting the impact of artificial intelligence and market conditions. Effective workforce planning contributes to overall project success by ensuring that the right people are in the right roles at the right time.

Project Workforce Estimating: Best Practices for Project Managers offers a comprehensive overview of workforce planning, from foundational principles to advanced techniques. It offers a range of techniques and strategies that can be incorporated into planning for virtually any kind of project, along with detailed guidance to ensure accurate projections. Closely aligned with industry standards, it is a must-own for project managers looking to systematize a critical stage of project management.

Project Workforce Estimating: Best Practices for Project Managers readers will also find:

• Information aligned with standards such as the PMBOK^® Guide and Earned Value Management Systems
• A detailed exploration of global workforce estimation, project life cycle costing, and more
• A range of techniques and strategies suitable for any possible industry

Project Workforce Estimating: Best Practices for Project Managers is ideal for project managers, business analysts and consultants, executives and senior managers, and HR professionals.

Harold Kerzner, PhD, is Senior Executive Director for Project Management at the International Institute for Learning, Inc. (IIL), a global learning solutions company offering professional training and consulting services worldwide. Dr. Kerzner’s profound effect on the project management industry inspired IIL to establish, in coordination with PMI, the Kerzner International Project Manager of the Year Award, which is presented to a distinguished PMP^® or global equivalent each year.

Al Zeitoun, PhD, PgMP, is a PMI Fellow and has over 30 years of global experience in program/project management and strategic change, leading operational excellence for large corporations. He brings decades of global experience with multi-billion-dollar industry-leading organizations. He has implemented digital transformation as a key to accelerating revenue growth and driving market dominance, while redefining internal cultures to embrace and champion new Ways of Working and innovation mindset across all levels of the organization. Dr. Zeitoun has taught, trained, and coached professionals worldwide.