Replacement Nomination Approval Workflow

Allow project managers to approve or reject nominated replacement resources directly from actionable notifications. Resources and stakeholders are notified of assignment changes timely, increasing transparency and strengthening collaboration in the resource assignment process.

When a resource manager nominates a replacement for an existing project resource, an actionable notification is sent to the project manager. From this notification, the project manager can approve or reject the nomination. An approval updates the assignment dates and role details for the new resource and automatically notifies the affected resources and other stakeholders. When a nomination is rejected, the original assignment remains in Pending replacement status, allowing the Resource Manager to nominate an alternative resource.

Actionable approve or reject nominated replacement resource notification for Project Manager

These are the business benefits:

• Streamline communication and reduce delays by simplifying the approval and notification process for replacement nominations.
• Enable faster decision-making and ensure all participants are promptly informed, supporting efficient resource management and timely project delivery.

Steps to enable and configure

Use the Opt In UI to enable this feature. For instructions, refer to the Optional Uptake of New Features section of this document.

Offering: Project Execution Management  No Longer Optional From: Update 26D

Tips and considerations

• Opt-in to this feature from the Project Resource Management functional area under the Project Execution Management offering.
• The enhancement for Assignment Dates and Role updates when Replacing Resources is also supported through Project Resource Assignment FBDI.

Key resources

• Based on Idea 727266 from the Project Management Idea Labs on Oracle Cloud Customer Connect.

Access requirements

No new access requirements.