Project Management Chapter 8

Resources are adequate, but demand varies widely over the life of the project. Delaying noncritical activities to lower peak demand on resources is known as resource

• Shifting

• Effectiveness

• Manipulating

• Smoothing

• Allocation

If resources are not adequate to meet peak demands, the resulting reschedule is termed

• Resource-constrained scheduling

• Time -constrained scheduling

• Mandatory leveling

• Project resource adjustment

• Allocation

Which of the following is NOT a potential consequence of failing to identify limited resources before project implementation?

• Activity delays

• Project delays

• Difficulty in taking quick corrective action

• Increase costs

• Scope creep

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.

• Physical

• Technical

• Resource

• Schedule

• Time

When considering the sequence and timing of activities, which of the following is NOT one of the types of project network constraints?

• Physical

• Technical

• Resource

• Time

• All of these are types of constraints that could impact structure of the project network

Sam, the project engineer, has been scheduled to run the product system test at the same time he is to build a marketing prototype. This is an example of what type of resource constraint?

• Physical

• Technical

• People

• Equipment

• Time

Susan is to conduct environmental testing but the chamber cannot hold all the equipment that she wants to test. This is an example of a constraint that could impact the sequence and timing of activities in a project network. What type of constraint is it?

• Physical

• Technical

• Resource

• Scheduling

• Time

All of the following are types of resource constraints EXCEPT

• Materials

• People

• Equipment

• Information

• Human

Gene is trying to order the concrete needed to continue his project. However, the supplier will not be able to deliver it until next week. This is an example of what kind of resource constraint?

• Working capital

• People

• Equipment

• Information

• Materials

A special truck that George needs on his project has been scheduled on another project. This is an example of what type of resource constraint?

• Working capital

• People

• Equipment

• Information

• Materials