Resources

What is available for us to use?

Financial

Money and funding.

• What budget do we have?
• What additional funding could we access?
• How flexible is our spending?
• What are the financial constraints?

Human

People and their time.

• Who is available to work on this?
• How much time can they commit?
• Who else could we bring in?
• What are the competing demands on their time?

Physical

Assets and infrastructure.

• What equipment do we have access to?
• What facilities can we use?
• What materials are available?
• What physical constraints exist?

Information

Data, documentation, and knowledge.

• What data do we have?
• What research is available?
• What intellectual property can we use?
• What information are we missing?

Authority

Power and permission.

• What formal authority do we have?
• What permissions have been granted?
• What political capital can we spend?
• Where do we lack necessary authority?

Time

Duration and deadlines.

• How much time do we have?
• How can we buy more time?
• How fixed are our deadlines?
• What time pressures exist?