Development Cooperation Handbook/Human resources management

The 9 Topic Areas Of Project Management Knowledge



Human resources is one of the 9 topic areas of project management knowledge.

The Project Human Resource Management has the task to "organize and manage the project team". And member of the team is each person who has to follow the instructions of the project manager (in opposite of those people, who have to follow the instructions of an external company which itself is a seller of a solution bought by the project manager). This means, that " the project team is comprised of the people who have assigned roles and responsibilities for completing the project" (comp. PMBOK3, p. 199)

Managing the Human Resources of a project team can be subdivided in the following sections:

Managing the recruitment and selection processes
Manage the Team performance
Review employee performance
Improve employee performance
Recognize and Success and Reward Superior Performance
Discipline Minimal Performers


Processes, phases and tool edit

Project Processes Project Phase Key Deliverables
Human Resource Planning Detailed Planning or design stage Example
Acquiring the project team, Manage the Project Team Project Execution and Control Example

See also edit

  • on Wikipedia
  Human resource management
  • on other Wikibooks
  Human Resources Management