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Resource Management

What is Resource Management?

The efficient and effective deployment of an organization's resources including personnel, budget, technology, and facilities.

Governance

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as resource management. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on resource management

Requirements naming resource management across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

ISO 13485:2016 Section 6 (Resource Management) incorporated via §820.10. ELEMENTS: (6.1) PROVISION OF RESOURCES - determine + provide resources needed for the QMS + product realization; (6.2) HUMAN RESOURCES - competence + training + awareness;

QMSR-ISO13485-Sec6 · Resource management (ISO 13485:2016 Section 6 - incorporated via §820.10)
ISO 22320:20182 controls

Requires effective management and allocation of resources during incident response including personnel, equipment, and facilities.

ISO-22320-5.5 · Resource management
ISO 304011 control

Resource management for quality. Control from ISO 30401 framework, domain: ISO 30401: Leadership & Planning.

ISO30401-04 · Resource management for quality

Provide the organization with necessary skilled and security-competent human resources and maintain their competencies.

SP800-160-OPE-HR · Human Resource Management Process

IOSA Section 2 (FLT) Flight Operations addresses flight operations management + flight crew qualification + training + operations manual + flight planning + monitoring.

IATA-IOSA-Section2-FLT-FlightOperations · IATA IOSA Section 2 - FLT Flight Operations + Flight Crew + Training + Operations Manual
EU AI Act1 control

Providers must put in place a quality management system that ensures compliance with the Regulation, documented systematically in written policies, procedures and instructions, covering at least: a regulatory compliance strategy including conformity assessment...

EUAI-Art.17 · Quality management system

Questions people ask about resource management

What is Resource Management?
The efficient and effective deployment of an organization's resources including personnel, budget, technology, and facilities.
Why is Resource Management important for compliance?
Resource Management is a key concept in Governance. Understanding resource management helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Resource Management?
Resource Management appears in the requirement text of FDA Quality Management System Regulation (QMSR), ISO 22320:2018, ISO 30401, NIST SP 800-160, IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) Standards Manual. Across these standards we have identified 9 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Resource Management?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how resource management applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how Resource Management applies across compliance frameworks

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.