Chapter 8 - Resourcing Projects

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

• Research ability

• Technical ability

• Analysis ability

• Behavioral ability

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

• Reduce the project scope and/or quality

• Overlap sequential activities

• Decrease the number of work hours/days

• Schedule activities at the same time

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

• True

• False

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.

• True

• False

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.

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

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

• Lynda

• Joe

• Dan

• Ben

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

• 6 days

• 7 days

• 8 days

• 9 days

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

• Activity A

• Activity C

• Activity E

• Activity F