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The Resource Reality Check Quiz gives you a quick snapshot of how confidently your organisation manages resource demand, capacity, capability and priorities. Your score highlights what is working well and where better visibility, stronger conversations or clearer decisions may be needed.

The quiz connects directly to our specialist course for PMO practitioners – Resource Management and the PMO  – based on current resource management practice and the House of PMO’s Circle of Resource Management, the course helps PMO professionals turn resource challenges into practical action.

The course explores resource management through three connected lenses:

  • The Project Lens looks at who is working on what, where capacity is stretched and where resource conflicts are beginning to affect delivery.
  • The Resource Lens focuses on whether the organisation has the right skills and capability, both now and for the work ahead.
  • The Portfolio Lens considers whether limited capacity and capability are being directed towards the work that matters most.

Bringing all three lenses together gives the PMO a clearer view of the realities of resource management in your organisation. The course focuses on the practical insight, conversations, decisions and behaviours PMOs need to improve visibility, challenge unrealistic demand and support more credible delivery commitments.

Take the quiz to see where your organisation stands, then discover how the course can help you take the next practical step.

The Resource Reality Check

Is your biggest resource challenge visibility, capability or prioritisation?

1 / 12

Can you see project and BAU demand together in one credible view?

2 / 12

Can you identify where people are overloaded before delivery starts to suffer?

3 / 12

When two projects need the same person, is there a clear and fair way to resolve the conflict?

4 / 12

Do project and resource plans reflect what is actually happening, rather than what was originally expected?

5 / 12

Do you know which skills and capabilities are available across your delivery teams?

6 / 12

Can you identify critical skills that depend on just one or two people?

7 / 12

Do you have a clear view of the skills your organisation will need over the next six to twelve months?

8 / 12

Do the PMO, HR, L&D and resource owners work together on future capability needs?

9 / 12

Does available capacity influence which projects are approved or started?

10 / 12

When demand exceeds capacity, are leaders given clear options and consequences?

11 / 12

Are projects prioritised using consistent criteria rather than seniority, optimism or whoever asks most loudly?

12 / 12

Can leaders see how resource choices affect delivery dates, risk and strategic outcomes across the portfolio?

What next?

Want to learn more about the Resource Management and the PMO course? Click here to read more and see upcoming course dates! 

Take a look at the Resource Management and the PMO course launch – and find more details about what you’ll take away from this course.

Access a whole collection of resource management based learning with a membership at the House of PMO.