tailieunhanh - Lecture Project management: A managerial approach – Chapter 9: Resource allocation

For single projects, we discuss how the resource allocation problem concerns resource leveling to minimize the cost of the resources. But for multiple projects, we learn that the issue is how to allocate limited resources among several projects in order to achieve the objectives of each. | Chapter 9 Resource Allocation What is Resource Allocation? Allocating resources (human, technical, etc) to projects Use in both individual and multiple, simultaneous projects Relates to scheduling and costs 8- 8- Critical Path Method—Crashing a Project Time and costs are interrelated Faster an activity is completed, more is the cost Change the schedule and you change the budget Thus many activities can be speeded up by spending more money 8- What is Crashing / Crunching? To speed up, or expedite, a project Of course, the resources to do this must be available Crunching a project changes the schedule for all activities This will have an impact on schedules for all the subcontractors Crunching a project often introduces unanticipated problems 8- Activity Slope 8- An Example of Two-Time CPM 8- Activity Slopes—Cost per Period for Crashing 8- Crashing the Project 8- Seven Day Schedule 8- Six Day Schedule 8- Five . | Chapter 9 Resource Allocation What is Resource Allocation? Allocating resources (human, technical, etc) to projects Use in both individual and multiple, simultaneous projects Relates to scheduling and costs 8- 8- Critical Path Method—Crashing a Project Time and costs are interrelated Faster an activity is completed, more is the cost Change the schedule and you change the budget Thus many activities can be speeded up by spending more money 8- What is Crashing / Crunching? To speed up, or expedite, a project Of course, the resources to do this must be available Crunching a project changes the schedule for all activities This will have an impact on schedules for all the subcontractors Crunching a project often introduces unanticipated problems 8- Activity Slope 8- An Example of Two-Time CPM 8- Activity Slopes—Cost per Period for Crashing 8- Crashing the Project 8- Seven Day Schedule 8- Six Day Schedule 8- Five Day Schedule 8- Four Day Schedule 8- Cost-Crash Curve 8- Fast-Tracking Fast-tracking is another way to expedite a project Mostly used for construction projects Can be used in other projects Refers to overlapping design and build phases Increases number of change orders Increase is not that large Official Pace of a Project 8- 8- The Resource Allocation Problem CPM/PERT ignore resource utilization and availability With external resources, this may not be a problem It is, however, a concern with internal resources Schedules need to be evaluated in terms of both time and resources 8- Time Use and Resource Use Time limited: A project must be finished by a certain time Resource limited: A project must be finished without exceeding some specific level of resource usage Overdetermined: when time, cost, and scope are fixed System-constrained: A project requires a fixed amount of time and resources 8- Resource Loading Resource loading describes .