Making a Party out of Project Management: Chapter 2 - Planning the Party - Part 3 of 3

Some of Abby’s friends were pretty busy with summer jobs, sports camps, and family vacations, but everyone was happy to offer help where they could. They let her know when they could spare time and when they would be away, and Abby made a calendar to keep track of when everyone was available to help out. Professional project managers do this as well, assembling what is called the resource calendar. Often, people on a project at work have other jobs or projects that they spend some of their time on, requiring a project manager to know when a team member is or is not available to help with the project. This is a little different from the project calendar, which tells the hours and days of the week in which the whole project team generally works. In a professional work setting, the project calendar usually has working hours set during the workday Monday through Friday, with weekends and holidays typically kept as non-working days [7].

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