Skill Suggestions Overview

Skill suggestions for resource requests are based on the role, region, practice, and group specified in the resource requests. Skills suggestions are also based on their alignment with the following:

• Skills from past assignments that share the same attributes
• Skills that relate to the attributes of resources that have those skills associated

Sub-regions, sub-practices, and sub-groups can also be considered when suggesting skills.

If 50 or more resource skill requests exist for past assignments, skill suggestions are entirely based on skills from past assignments. If there are less than 50 resource skill requests, skill suggestions are based on both skills from past assignments and resource skills. This ensures meaningful suggestions when there is not enough past assignment data to suggest skills.

This data is generated by the Resourcing Adjacencies dataset in PS Cloud Core Analytics. For more information about the fields in the dataset, see Resourcing Adjacencies Dataset PS Cloud Analytics Output Fields.

Note:

• If you add a skill displayed as a suggestion from the search field on the Skills Selection section, it no longer displays as a suggested skill. If you remove that skill, it displays as a suggestion again.
• If you add a skill set that includes one or more skills displayed as suggestions, the skills will no longer display as suggestions. If you remove these skills, they display as suggestions again.
• You cannot add a skill, either individually or in a skill set, if you have previously added that skill as a suggestion.

When Skill Suggestions Display

Skill suggestions display when you perform the following actions:

• Create a resource request using the Create Resource Request action on a project or opportunity. For more information, see Creating Resource Requests for Projects and Opportunities.
• Create a resource request from Work Planner. For more information, see Creating Resource Requests.
• Manage skills using the Manage Resource Requests action on a project or opportunity. For more information, see Mass Managing Resource Requests.
• Manage skills using the Manage Skills action on the Actions tab on a resource request. For more information, see Managing Resource Skill Requests on Resource Requests.
• Assign multiple resources to a project using the Assign Multiple Resources to Project action on a project. For more information, see Filtering Resources.
• Edit skills and certification from the Filter panel in the Resourcing tab on a resource request. For more information, see Filtering Resources by Skills or Certifications.