RESOURCE SKILL COMPLIANCE OPTIMIZATION

• US 20120232944A1
• Filed: 03/11/2011
• Published: 09/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Inventors: Santos, Cipriano A., Gonzalez Diaz, Maria Teresa, Zhu, Zhengyu, Wang, Wei-Hong
• Application Number:
  US13/045,764
• Publication Number:
  US 20120232944A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.14
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063112 Skill-based matching of a person or a group to a task

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, and computer readable media with executable instructions stored thereon for optimizing resource skill compliance are provided. Example methods of the present disclosure can include identifying jobs, skills corresponding to the jobs, and resources corresponding to the skills. A job skill level is associated with each skill of each job, and a resource skill level is associated with each skill of each resource. An individual skill compliance is determined by computer for each skill of each resource with respect to each skill of each job based on the resource skill level relative to the job skill level. A resource skill compliance is determined by computer for each resource with respect to each job as a total of the individual skill level compliances for each skill corresponding to each job, and resources are assigned by a computer to jobs in a manner that optimizes a total of the resource skill compliances for those resources assigned to jobs.

Claims

1. A method for resource skill compliance optimization, comprising:

identifying jobs, skills corresponding to the jobs, and resources corresponding to the skills;

associating a job skill level with each skill of each job;

associating a resource skill level with each skill of each resource;

determining, by a computer, individual skill compliance for each skill of each resource with respect to each skill of each job based on the resource skill level relative to the job skill level;

determining, by a computer, resource skill compliance for each resource with respect to each job as a total of the individual skill level compliances for each skill corresponding to each job; and

assigning, by a computer, resources to jobs in a manner that optimizes a total of the resource skill compliances for those resources assigned to jobs.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising identifying a weight corresponding to each skill of a particular one of the jobs, wherein determining a resource skill compliance for each resource with respect to each job includes adjusting each individual skill compliance by the weight of the corresponding skill of the particular one of the jobs.

3. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein determining the individual skill compliance for each skill of each resource with respect to each skill of each job includes dividing the resource skill level by the job skill level for each skill.

4. The method as set forth in claim 3, wherein determining the individual skill compliance for each skill of each resource with respect to each skill of each job is set to a maximum value for a particular skill when the resource skill level is greater than the job skill level.

5. The method as set forth in claim 3, wherein determining the individual skill compliance for each skill of each resource with respect to each skill of each job is set to a minimum value for a particular skill when the resource skill level is greater than the job skill level by a predetermined amount.

6. The method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising determining the subset of the resources that can be assigned to each job, wherein the resource skill compliance for each resource in the subset of resources that can be assigned to a particular job is greater than a minimum value.

7. The method as set forth in claim 6, wherein assigning resources to jobs includes, for each job, selecting a particular resource from the subset of the resources that can be assigned to a particular job.

8. The method as set forth in claim 7, wherein assigning resources to jobs includes assigning a resource to at most one job.

9. The method as set forth in claim 8, further comprising identifying projects, wherein jobs correspond to projects, and each project has a priority, and wherein assigning resources to jobs includes assigning a resource to a job corresponding to a project having a greater priority before assigning a resource to a job corresponding to a project having a lesser priority.

10. The method as set forth in claim 7, wherein assigning resources to jobs includes assigning a resource to at most one or more jobs having a collective full time equivalent (FTE) equal to an FTE availability of the resource.

11. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein assigning resources to jobs includes evaluating various assignments of resources to jobs utilizing mathematical optimization techniques involving mixed integer and/or linear programming.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon that, if executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

identify positions, skills required by the positions, and employees having the skills;

associate a position skill level with each skill required of each position;

associate an employee skill level with each skill of each employee;

determine individual skill compliance for each skill of each employee with respect to each skill required by each position based on the employee skill level relative to the skill level required by the position;

determine an employee skill compliance for each employee with respect to each position as a total of the skill level compliances for all skills required by each position; and

assign employees to positions in a manner that maximizes organizational compliance,

wherein organizational compliance is an average of all position compliances that are adjusted by a position weight, and

wherein each position compliance is an employee skill compliance adjusted by a skill weight.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, further having computer-readable instructions stored thereon that, if executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to determine a maximum individual skill compliance for a particular skill, indicative of complete individual skill compliance, wherein an employee skill level for a particular skill is greater than the position skill level for the particular skill.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, further having computer-readable instructions stored thereon that, if executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to determine a minimum individual skill compliance for a particular skill, indicative of no individual skill compliance, wherein an employee skill level for a particular skill is greater than the position skill level for the particular skill by a predetermined amount.

15. A system for optimizing resource skill compliance, comprising:

a memory operable to store executable instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor executes the instructions to;

identify jobs, skills corresponding to the jobs, and resources corresponding to the skills;

associate a job skill level with each skill of each job;

associate a resource skill level with each skill of each resource;

determine individual skill compliance for each skill of each resource with respect to each skill of each job based on the resource skill level relative to the job skill level;

determine resource skill compliance for each resource with respect to each job as a total of the individual skill level compliances for each skill corresponding to each job; and

assign resources to jobs in a manner that optimizes a total of the resource skill compliances for those resources assigned to jobs.