How to do resource management in ZenTao

This article will walk you through the magic of resource management and demonstrate how ZenTao can help with your managing project resources.

What is resource management

Resource management is the process of planning, scheduling, and allocating resources in the best possible way. Its ultimate aim is to maximize the efficiency of your resources. This in turn will help the success of your project, task, or organizational goals.

When you implement resource management, it can help with:

Maximizing resource productivity
Getting an overview of your project:
Preventing miscommunication mishaps
Foreseeing and avoiding problems
Taking Control

Resource management in ZenTao

ZenTao features that support resource management are Effort, Schedule, and Report. to keep your projects on track.

Plan

ZenTao Product module can manage user stories and product backlog items(PBIs) and decompose stories into smaller tasks. It also tracks team actual time: click and log hours, timesheet, and compare scheduled hours with the actual time taken to complete tasks.

Resource scheduling

ZenTao Effort and Calendar increase visibility and control over resourcing. You can see who is available by skill and capacity and understand how much work they can take on.