Chapter 8 - Resourcing Projects

What are the two types of abilities needed when resourcing projects?

Below are the actions to reduce the critical path, EXCEPT:

Estimate Activity Resources focuses exclusively upon the identification of the number of human resources required to perform each scheduled activity.

When recruiting resources to support a project, it is helpful to bring core team members and key subject matter experts on board as early as possible, to help plan the project and develop the project culture.

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.

When constructing a responsibility matrix or “RACI” chart, it is important to ensure that only one person has primary accountability for any activity.

Crashing is a project schedule compression technique that relies extensively on overlapping activities and a high degree of concurrency.

Consider the RACI chart presented above. Who is responsible for control progress?

Consider the project crashing information presented above. What is the normal (un-crashed) duration of this project?

Consider the project crashing information presented above. Which activity should you crash to reduce this project by one day with the least incremental cost?