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Week 7 Tutorial and Practical Exercises Tutorial Questions Exercises 1. Chapter 8 exercises 2,3,8,9,11 1. How does resource scheduling tie to project priority? 2. How does resource scheduling reduce flexibility in managing projects? 3. Present six reasons scheduling resources is an important task. 4. How can outsourcing project work alleviate the three most common problems associated with multi-project resource scheduling? 5. Explain the risks associated with levelling resources, compressing or crashing projects, and imposed durations or “catch-up” as the project is being implemented. 6. Why is it critical to develop a time-phased baseline? 2. You are required to perform resource levelling for the project in the network diagram below:

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The resources required for each task are given in the following table: Task

Resources (workers) required for the duration of the task

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Assume that the number of workers required for a task does not change for the duration of the task. (a)

Complete the table below showing the current resource requirements for the duration of the project. DAYS 1

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Task A Task B Task C Task D Task E Task F Task G Total Workers

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What are the total number of “worker days” or “man days” of effort required for this project?

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How many days is it estimated to take to complete the project?

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(e)

Perform resource levelling and provide your new schedule in tabular form in a table similar to the table above. Make sure that you complete the last row showing the new total for the number of workers required each day. Do not violate any of the predecessor successor relationships and assume that you cannot split tasks.

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What is the new completion date for the project?

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What tasks are now on the critical path?

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What are the advantages of performing resource levelling?

(i)

What are the disadvantages of performing resource levelling?

Chapter 8 Exercises

Given the network plan that follows, compute the early, late, and slack times. What is the project duration? Using any approach you wish (e.g., trial and error) develop a loading chart for resource resources Carpenters (C) and Electricians (E). Assume only one Carpenter is available and two Electricians are available. Given your resource schedule, compute the early, late, and slack times for your project. Which activities are now critical? What is the project duration no

The original network showing the ES, EF, LS, LF and SL: ES Task ID EF Slack Resources Total Slack LS Duration LF

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Task A Task B Task C Task D Task E Task F Total Workers

9. Given the time-phased work packages and network, complete the baseline budget form for the project.

DAYS Budget

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Task 2 Task 3 Total Accumulated Total

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11. Given the time-phased work packages and network, complete the baseline budget form for the project.

Weeks Budget

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Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Task 4 Task 5 Task 6 Task 7 Total Accumulated Total

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Laboratory Exercises 1. Microsoft Project practical 3.

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