| Full title | Manage the schedules and assignments of the team members |
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| Objective | Manage the workload, commitments and schedules of team members, considering their availability and skill set profiles. |
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| Applicability | This practice spans all phases of software development. |
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| Context | The practice applies to all projects. |
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| Addressed elements in SMM | 4.4. Schedules and assignments management |
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| Actions | - Manage the workload in the project
- Manage the tasks and activities using a backlog. Assign priority to each item, estimate the required effort and identify risk probability and impact.
- Assume an effort overhead, in particular to risky tasks
- Involve team members into in the estimation process (e.g., using Scrum poker)
- Manage the availability of team members
- Assign the tasks to team members, based on their skillsetskill set.
- Consider the availability (FTE) of the team members in each weekday.
- Manage vacation periods of the team members.
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| Risks | - Workload The workload of team members is not balanced across the team
- Tensions in the team rise.
- Project is late
- Workload The workload of team members exceeds their formal engagement (FTE)
- Tensions in the team rise
- High risk of turnover
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| Related practices | none |
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