Are your projects constantly facing delays and your team members showing signs of burnout? Analyze and Mitigate Project Resource Overloads is a beginner-level course designed for aspiring project managers and coordinators who want to master the crucial skill of capacity planning. You will learn to move beyond guesswork and use data to ensure workloads are balanced and sustainable. This course provides a practical, step-by-step guide to interpreting resource usage views from common project management tools. Through hands-on activities, you will learn to export resource data, use spreadsheet functions like conditional formatting to instantly visualize over-allocations (>120%), and identify the root causes of workload imbalances. More importantly, you will learn how to fix them.
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Analyze and Mitigate Project Resource Overloads
This course is part of Advanced Project Operations & Automation Specialization
Instructor: LearningMate
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Analyze resource data to spot over-allocations (>120%) and propose mitigation actions like task re-sequencing to balance project workloads.
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This module explores how resource over-allocation impacts both team well-being and project success. Through interactive dialogues, case studies, and hands-on spreadsheet practice, you will interpret resource usage views, spot workloads exceeding 120%, and visualize potential burnout risks. By the end, you will see how combining empathy with data leads to healthier, more sustainable project management.
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This module moves from finding problems to fixing them. You will apply data-driven strategies like task re-sequencing and contractor support to resolve resource overloads. Through videos, labs, and guided dialogues, you will practice transforming red cells into balanced plans and defending their choices with clear, evidence-based justifications. The module concludes with a professional Resource Overload Mitigation Brief that showcases your ability to lead with data and communicate solutions effectively.
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