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