<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Among the many factors that cause project delays or cancellations are disruptions, that is, unforeseen events occurring during the implementation of a project, which postpone or interrupt the performance of project activities. Examples of disruptions include employee absenteeism, addition of new activities, and others. One way to deal with this type of events is to predict potential disruptions and prepare redundant resources to be used should a disruption occur (proactive approach). The focus of the present paper are human resources, in particular redundant project team competence frameworks, which allow to continue work on a project in the event of a disruption. Previous studies on planning competence frameworks regard insensitivity (robustness) to one type of disruption, caused by employee absenteeism (an absence of one, two, or three employees). The goal of this article is to present a proactive procedure that allows to seek competence frameworks robust to two types of disruptions: absence of one employee and addition of new activities not included in the project plan. Examples are provided to illustrate how the proposed approach can be used in practice.</p></abstract>

Among the many factors that cause project delays or cancellations are disruptions, that is, unforeseen events occurring during the implementation of a project, which postpone or interrupt the performance of project activities. Examples of disruptions include employee absenteeism, addition of new activities, and others. One way to deal with this type of events is to predict potential disruptions and prepare redundant resources to be used should a disruption occur (proactive approach). The focus of the present paper are human resources, in particular redundant project team competence frameworks, which allow to continue work on a project in the event of a disruption. Previous studies on planning competence frameworks regard insensitivity (robustness) to one type of disruption, caused by employee absenteeism (an absence of one, two, or three employees). The goal of this article is to present a proactive procedure that allows to seek competence frameworks robust to two types of disruptions: absence of one employee and addition of new activities not included in the project plan. Examples are provided to illustrate how the proposed approach can be used in practice.

Proactive Planning of Project Team Members’ Competences

Faculty of Electronics and Computer Science

Institute of Management and Control Systems

Foundations of Management

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Among the many factors that cause project delays or cancellations are disruptions, that is, unforeseen events occurring during the implementation of a project,...

Activity	Z₁	Z₂	Z₃	Z₄	Z₅	Z₆	Z₇	Z₈	Z₉	Z₁₀	Z₁₁
Employee P_i (possessed competences)	Z₁	Z₂	Z₃	Z₄	Z₅	Z₆	Z₇	Z₈	Z₉	Z₁₀	Z₁₁
P₁ (B, C)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
P₂ (A, D)	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
P₃ (C)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
P₄ (F)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
P₅ (E)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
P₆ (A, E)	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
P₇ (B, C)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
P₈ (B, D, F)	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

Qualification	Competence
a formal recognition of education or skills (e.g. a diploma, a certificate)	the right to perform particular activities / make decisions
a level of knowledge, skills and experience that allow a person to perform particular activities	a set of necessary roles, activities and responsibilities related to a person’s job
describes actions that a person can perform	describes the way of performing actions
is unrelated to attitudes, personality, behaviour, etc.	is related to attitudes, personality and behaviour

Activity	Z₁	Z₂	Z₃	Z₄	Z₅	Z₆	Z₇	Z₈	Z₉	Z₁₀	Z₁₁
Employee P_i (possessed competences)	Z₁	Z₂	Z₃	Z₄	Z₅	Z₆	Z₇	Z₈	Z₉	Z₁₀	Z₁₁
P₁ (B, C, F)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1
P₂ (A, D)	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
P₃ (C)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
P₄ (F)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
P₅ (E)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
P₆ (A, E)	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
P₇ (B, C)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
P₈ (B, D, F)	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

Competence	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
Employees	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
Anna	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Kate	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Monica	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
Dorothy	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
Beata	1	1	0	0	0	1	1

Proactive Planning of Project Team Members’ Competences

Published Online: Apr 09, 2020

Page range: 71 - 84

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fman-2020-0006

Keywords
project team, proactive planning, competences, robustness, disruptions

© 2020 Eryk Szwarc et al., published by Sciendo

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Required competences (Source: Authors’ own study)

Competence framework with activity Z11 added (Source: Authors’ own study)

Comparison of the terms qualifications and competences (Source: Compiled by the authors)

Competence framework (Source: Authors’ own study)

An example of a binary competence framework (Source: Authors’ own study)

Proactive Planning of Project Team Members’ Competences

Published Online: Apr 09, 2020

Page range: 71 - 84

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fman-2020-0006

Keywordsproject team, proactive planning, competences, robustness, disruptions

© 2020 Eryk Szwarc et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

Figure 4

Figure 5

Figure 6

Required competences (Source: Authors’ own study)

Competence framework with activity Z11 added (Source: Authors’ own study)

Comparison of the terms qualifications and competences (Source: Compiled by the authors)

Competence framework (Source: Authors’ own study)

An example of a binary competence framework (Source: Authors’ own study)

Keywords
project team, proactive planning, competences, robustness, disruptions