Quais são as causas e os efeitos comuns da escassez de recursos em projetos?

Common causes of resource shortages in projects include poor resource planning, changing project scope, unforeseen events or risks, inefficient resource allocation, and lack of communication. These factors can lead to project delays, decreased productivity, increased costs, quality issues, and stakeholder dissatisfaction. Effective resource management is crucial to mitigate these effects and ensure project success. This includes accurate planning, proactive risk management, efficient allocation, and strong communication among project team members and stakeholders. By addressing these causes and implementing robust resource management practices, projects can minimize the impact of resource shortages and improve overall project performance.

The most common cause of delay to project is the lack of forward procurement of the relevant trade, not by the buyers! but by the Quality Surveyors, their ability to write full scopes of the works and then to make decisions on who is the cheapest is fundamentally a false economy as the time it takes for them to do this creates delays that incurs costs, has a direct impact to critical path of programs affecting the start dates of the tradesmen who then have to defer to other projects whilst awaiting decisions. The answer to this is to put project managers above Quantity Surveyors, the skills of project management are more technical and with the right procurement process projects can be driven to end dates!!!

Not only are all causes mentioned possible, but mainly it is the starting point that matters. When beginning a project, it is essential to consider all internal resources and think of ways to run the project instead of the project running you. This is where communication and preparation both take place. Without some proper preparation at the start, the project will become rocky and difficult to manage, even when new project manager is volunteered or assigned to take over. Managing during the project will eventually become difficult.

- resource shortages can also impact the scope of the project by forcing the end user to give up elements of a project in order to meet the deadlines resulting in a less effective end result

The starting point is what drives the project. Consider what to present to stakeholders in the summary and also formulate strategies wisely before the project begins. When the project begins, there is no turning back, and it will take time to adjust accordingly

Value based decision making is false leading strategy and the root cause of all problems in project bed performance. Shifting to quality decision making strategy is the only solution to fundamentally improve project management and performance.