The resource management process can generally be broken down into 3 high-level phases. Let’s take a brief look at each stage. Resource planning: Resource planning involves identifying resource requirements and dependencies so you can estimate project time and costs more accurately. Resource scheduling: Resource scheduling is where people get assigned to the work you’ve scoped out on your project timeline. The goal is to match the right skills and materials to the task and ensure deadlines are realistically aligned with resource capacity and availability. Resource optimization: Resource optimization is the process of monitoring utilization once work gets underway and adjusting allocation to minimize idle time and avoid resource conflicts and/or overload.