Expertise based skill management model for effective project resource allocation under stress in software industry of Pakistan

Concept of “Skill Management” is not new in context of human resource management. This concept can also be utilized for project management but unfortunately there is no well defined ** idea or model that software organizations can follow, and make effective use of the human skills for effective project resource allocation. Software professionals possess many skills and most of their skills become worthless because of their single job role†. Expertise based skill management system (EBSMS) is therefore required for proper management of skills for project resource allocation. This research addresses issues related to hard skills of people and corresponding best practices for management of these skills for effective project resource utilization and allocation in Software Industry of Pakistan and proposes EBSM Model.