Office Relocation Resource Plan
This is a practical guide to building a resource plan for an office relocation project — the people and resources needed, when, and how they are allocated, adapted to the realities of moving an office to new premises.
What a Resource Plan is
A resource plan is the people and resources needed, when, and how they are allocated. For the full concept and how it works in general, see Resource Planning. On an office relocation project it plays the same role, tuned to this kind of work.
Why it matters for an Office Relocation project
Office Relocation projects live or die on moving an office to new premises. A well-built resource plan gives the team a shared, explicit reference for exactly that — reducing ambiguity, aligning stakeholders, and making problems visible early enough to act. Skipping it, or doing it generically, is how office relocation projects drift into avoidable delay and cost.
What to include
- Roles and skills needed
- Allocation over time
- Capacity vs demand
- Resource calendar
Office Relocation-specific considerations
Tailor the resource plan to the risks that most often derail office relocation projects:
- Minimising downtime
- IT and telephony cutover
- Staff communication
Example
On a real office relocation project, the resource plan would be shaped by moving an office to new premises. In particular, it should explicitly account for the project’s biggest risks — minimising downtime, IT and telephony cutover, staff communication — rather than treating them as afterthoughts.