Exam 9: Resourcing Projects

Project managers must often face the challenge of compressing the project schedule.All of the following actions can be taken to reduce the duration of the critical path EXCEPT:​ 

Even when a project team does not identify individual activities,it will still need to determine how many resources and what knowledge and skill each needs to complete the project.

If a project resource is excessively overloaded,it may be necessary to reduce the project scope.

Figure 8-1 RACI Chart -Consider the RACI chart presented in Figure 8-1 (RACI stands for Responsible,Accountable,Consult,Inform).Who is responsible for development of the specification?​ 

Figure 8-4 Project Crashing Information -Consider the project crashing information presented in Figure 8-4.Which activity should you crash to reduce this project by one day with the least incremental cost?​ 

In order to avoid project delays,project managers confronted with a resource overload will seek to delay some of the noncritical activities by an amount no more than their slack period,to level the demand for that worker.

Figure 8-3 Programmers Resource Histogram -Consider the programmers resource histogram presented in Figure 8-3.Which activity is an ideal candidate to delay in order to achieve a feasible schedule? 

RACI (Responsible,Accountable,Consult,Inform)charts go beyond a communication plan in that they identify every project activity and specify the exact involvement of each stakeholder.

As the project manager identifies potential resources to work on the project,it is helpful to consider their professional disciplines,skill levels and their physical location.

When determining resource availability,project managers need only consider full-time,internal resources.

Critical chain project management is an alternate scheduling technique that modifies the project schedule by taking resource constraints into account.

Resource leveling is a network scheduling technique that seeks to assign nearly equivalent work units to each member of the project team.

Agile project schedules are limited to the amount of work the assigned resources can handle.

When resource overloads are extreme,project managers may need to consider the acquisition of additional resources,reductions in scope or extensions to the project schedule.

Estimate Activity Resources is the process of assessing all types of resources - people,materials,tools,and equipment (along with quantities)- required for each activity to complete it as specified in project scope.

Figure 8-2 Software Programmer Loading Chart -Consider the software programmer loading chart presented in Figure 8-2.What percent of available time is the software programmer assigned to work activities on Thursday?​ 

Describe how crashing and fast tracking can be used to compress a project schedule.What limitations could there be with each of these methods?

What is a responsibility assignment matrix (RAM)? Describe how you might use a responsibility assignment matrix to manage the resources assigned to your project.

The components (principles)of Critical Chain Project Management include which of the following?​ 

Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM)attempts to keep the most highly demanded resource busy on critical chain activities,but not overloaded..