Ch. 8 Scheduling Resources and Costs

resource smoothing

reduces peak resource demand

uses slack

increase resource utilization

resource constraints

materials

equipment

people

resource constrained project

time constrained project

must be completed by specific date

resources can be added

time is critical factor

resources available cannot be exceeded

project can be delayed

project duration fixed

resources flexible

resources are fixed

time is flexible

parallel method

smallest duration

lowest activity I.D. number

minimum slack

use software as a tool

limited resource schedule

reduces flexibility

reduces slack

increases critical activities

splitting tasks

better schedule

increase resource utilization

no large start-up/shut down costs

assigning projects

match demands/requirements w/ qualifications/experience

best people > most difficult

pick compatible people

who does what

who works with who

multiproject resource schedule problems

inefficient resource utilization

bottlenecks

schedule slippage

time phase budget

derived from WBS

budgeted costs are distributed

mirror schedule