Projects, programmes and portfolios are dependent on the input of people, material and money. These input constraints include money, Finance (Practice 7) and (human and other) Resources (Practice 8). Often, acquiring resources requires Procurement (Practice 9).

The Resources (Practice 8) competence element enable the individual to ensure that the resources required are available and assigned as needed in order to meet the objectives of the project/programme/portfolio. 

Instructional Objectives: 

• Develop strategic resource plan to deliver the project/programme/portfolio 
• Define the quality and quantity of resources required 
• Identify the potential sources of resources and negotiate their availability 
• Allocate and distribute resources according to defined need 
• Evaluate resource usage