Hizmet kurumlarındaki proje seçimi problemine dair insan kaynakları ekseninde yeni bir yaklaşım

In the current business environment, organizations rely more on efficiency andflexibility, and this necessitates a management practice having a firm control onresources. Especially in companies where project management is the main activity,such as R&D, consulting, law or IT firms, there is typically a common pool ofresources, and allocation of these resources to simultaneous projects requires a concretemethodology. In these companies, typically, workforce structure consists of cross-trained employees and human resources constitute a constraint on the system. In thisstudy, we aim to develop sound mathematical models for the resource allocationproblem of these companies based on two major decisions, project portfolio selectionand employee allocation. By considering human resources as a major building block inproject selection decisions, we propose four optimization models and a heuristicapproach to construct project portfolios. Basically, we perform selection of projects andassignment of employees concurrently taking into consideration employee skills andinteractions. Interaction is a term used to describe the communication between teammembers that stems from acquaintance and familiarity with each other?s task and resultsin performance improvement in future projects. We formulate the effect of interactionin the models together with a number of significant project management issues such asdemand estimation disagreements, project attributes and budget constraints, and leaderselection. Overall, this study highlights the importance of human resources in project-based settings and extends the literature on project selection by studying and modelingspecific issues in project management.