Exam 8: Scheduling Resources and Costs

Why is it critical to form a time-phased budget?

List and briefly describe the disadvantages of resource leveling or smoothing.

A shortage of programmers to write software is an example of a(n)________ type of resource constraint.

When developing a new software package,logically,the software must be designed before the code is written,and the code must be written before it is tested.These activities are dependent on each other by _________ constraints.

Why is it necessary to have a time-phased budget baseline?

A project cost baseline is also called __________.

In scheduling resource-constrained projects,_________ are typically used rather than optimum mathematical solutions.

Most of the scheduling methods available today require the project manager to classify the project as either _______ constrained or ______ constrained.

A lack of readily available engineers is a technical constraint.

Resource dependency takes priority over the technological dependency but does not violate ___________ dependencies.

Project managers should always assign the best people to the most difficult tasks.