Human Resource count

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HR(a)\mathit{HR}(a)
Dimension:
Cost
Granularity:
Activity

Description

Number of human resources that are involved in the execution of an activity.

Potential use

If the event log does not contain cost information, Human Resource count can be used as a proxy for the cost performance of an activity.

Assumptions

Minimizing the number of human resources involved is desirable.

Desired Value:

MINIMIZE

Required attributes

act
hres

Equations

Formula for practitioners

count(hres(a))\mathit{count}(\mathit{hres}(a))

hres(a)\mathit{hres}(a) returns the set of human resources that perform activity aa in the event log.

Formal Definition

hres(a)|\mathit{hres}(a)|

Tags

act
hres

Python implementation

This indicator is implemented in the process_performance_indicators Python library.

process_performance_indicators.indicators.cost.activities.human_resource_count