Web Application Development Resource Plan
This is a practical guide to building a resource plan for a web application development project — the people and resources needed, when, and how they are allocated, adapted to the realities of building a custom web application.
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 a web application development project it plays the same role, tuned to this kind of work.
Why it matters for a Web Application Development project
Web Application Development projects live or die on building a custom web application. 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 web application development projects drift into avoidable delay and cost.
What to include
- Roles and skills needed
- Allocation over time
- Capacity vs demand
- Resource calendar
Web Application Development-specific considerations
Tailor the resource plan to the risks that most often derail web application development projects:
- Unclear or shifting requirements
- Technical debt
- Security and performance at scale
Example
On a real web application development project, the resource plan would be shaped by building a custom web application. In particular, it should explicitly account for the project’s biggest risks — unclear or shifting requirements, technical debt, security and performance at scale — rather than treating them as afterthoughts.