Resource

Skilled human resources (specific disciplines either individually or in crews or teams), equipment, services, supplies, commodities, materiel, budgets, or funds. [ IEEE 1490 ]

Other Definitions

Resource [ ISO/IEC 12207, ISO/IEC 15288 ]: Asset that is utilized or consumed during the execution of a process.

Resource [ ISO/IEC 15414 ]: A role (with respect to that action) in which the enterprise object fulfilling the role is essential to the action, requires allocation, or may become unavailable.

Resource [ ISO/IEC 15414 ]: An enterprise object which is essential to some behavior and which requires allocation or may become unavailable.

Example

  • Diverse entities such as funding, personnel, facilities, capital equipment, tools, and utilities such as power, water, fuel and communication infrastructures. [ ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765 ]

Notes

  • Allocation of a resource may constrain other behaviors for which that resource is essential. Resources may be reusable, renewable or consumable. A consumable resource may become unavailable after some amount of use or after some amount of time (in case a duration or expiry has been specified for the resource). [ ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765 ]

See also

Standards: