Chapter 12. Human Resource Management In Practice

LEE TOWE, PMP, INNOVATORS, INC.

The PMBOK® Guide, Third Edition, view of human resources focuses on the people who carry out activities to complete the project; in other words, the human resources—also known as the project team. Project Human Resource Management consists of four processes that organize and manage the project team. Stakeholders who are not project team members are addressed in other sections of the standard.[1]

Compared to earlier editions of the standard, the 2004 edition added a monitor and control process called “Manage Project Team.” All areas of project management involve tracking plans against results, and human resource management is no exception. While the phrase “manage project ...

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