Project Management Week 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

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

• resource-constrained scheduling

• time-constrained scheduling

• mandatory levelling

• mandatory adjustment

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

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

• physical

• technical

• people

• equipment

A project purchasing agent is trying to order the concrete needed to continue the 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 captial

• people

• equipment

• materials