Epicflow Blog Category Page - Resource Management
Resource Utilization Made Simple: Essence, Importance, and Ways to Optimize It
How to make sure that a company utilizes its available resources wisely so that they are productive but aren’t overloaded? How to minimize downtime, and get the chance to increase a project’s profitability? One...
How to Plan Resources for Multiple Projects: A Step-by-Step Guide [2025]
Efficient resource planning is at the heart of efficient delivery of projects and business performance in general. But in a multi-project environment, it can be incredibly challenging to plan, allocate, and manage employees in...
Top 5 Must-Have Capabilities of a Multi-Project Resource Management Solution
Selecting a resource management solution suitable for work in a multi-project setting is a responsible mission. Its features should help project and resource managers address all the complexity of managing shared resources and facilitate...
A Beginner’s Guide to Resource Management
Successful project delivery is usually a result of efficient management of both workflow and resources. In a multi-project environment, ensuring productive work of team members gains even more importance: resources are shared by concurrent...
Why No Miracle Happens: Typical Mistakes in Work with a Resource Management Solution and How to Avoid Them
It sometimes happens that an organization invests in implementing a resource management solution. But the results of this endeavor are far from satisfactory – the projects are still late and exceed the budget, team...
Tracking Performance: Switching from Project to Resource Level
When your project is in progress, you as a project manager or business leader will definitely want to know how things are going and have an opportunity to check it at any moment. But...
Cost Overrun in Aerospace and Defense: The Main Causes and How to Prevent Them
No project is immune to factors that may result in cost overrun – from a mistake made by a team member that will extend a project’s timeline to force-majeure events like pandemic or war. ...
5 Resource Allocation Problems and How to Resolve Them
It may happen that despite your efforts, your projects don’t bring the desired outcomes and sometimes even fail. The reasons vary, but improper resource allocation is one of the most common causes. In this...
Top 7 Reasons for Project Failure in a Multi-Project Environment
Project failures don’t happen out of the blue — they’re always the result of improper management actions. In a complex multi-project environment with limited resources, the price for improper management is higher compared to...