Resource Staffing Manager with Dynamic Budget Visualization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Manual resource search and staffing for project teams are time-consuming and inefficient, making it costly to fulfill resource demand profiles effectively.
Innovation Solution
A computer system provides a graphical user interface with pie and donut charts to dynamically search and allocate resources based on budget and schedule limitations, offering a Best Solution Staffing and Graphical Staffing approach to optimize resource selection for project teams.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual search is used to find resources for each role requirement, then resource staffing can be completed, but the process becomes time-consuming and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical search process with an automated computer-based system that uses algorithms to search the resource pool and generate staffing recommendations, eliminating the need for manual iteration through resource lists
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables automatic resource identification and staffing recommendations without requiring manual intervention at each step, with the computer system autonomously processing resource demand profiles against the resource pool to generate optimized staffing proposals
2Productivity
If manual resource search and staffing is performed, then resource allocation can be made, but the process becomes costly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces costly manual resource allocation processes with an automated computer-based system that performs searches, analyses, and generates staffing recommendations, reducing labor costs and operational expenses associated with manual staffing
3Reliability
If a comprehensive resource pool is maintained with detailed information, then better resource matching is possible, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a computer-based system to automatically manage and process the comprehensive resource pool, replacing manual management complexity with automated data processing, storage, and retrieval capabilities that handle detailed resource information efficiently
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a universal resource pool that can serve multiple project staffing needs, with the same comprehensive resource database being reused across different resource demand profiles and projects, amortizing the complexity management across multiple uses
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AI summary
A resource staffing manager is provided that manages resource staffing of project teams. A resource demand profile is provided including requirements for roles to be staffed for a project team and an allocated budget for staffing the project team. Based on the resource demand profile, the manager displays a project level graphical user interface that includes a pie chart and a donut chart. The pie chart includes a slice for each of the roles and the donut chart indicates the amount of the allocated budget remaining. Upon selection of a resource to be staffed to one of the roles, the manager updates the slice of the pie chart corresponding to the role to graphically indicate that the selected resource has been selected to be staffed to that role. Based on the selection of the resource, the manager updates the donut chart to indicate the amount of the allocated budget remaining.