Continuation of Week 1 Case Study (I will attached the week 1 case study)
Remember the old saying, A project plan is not a schedule until resources are committed. This exercise illustrates this sometimes subtle but important point. Using your files from Part 1, input resources and their costs if you have not already done so. All information is found in Tables A2.1 and A2.2, pages 644 – 646.
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Prepare a memo (500 words) that addresses the following questions:
1. Which, if any, of the resources are overallocated?
2. Assume that the project is time-constrained and try to resolve any overallocation problems by leveling within slack. What happens?
3. What is the impact of leveling within Slack on the sensitivity of the network?
4. Assume the project is resource-constrained and resolve any overallocation problems by leveling outside of slack. What happens? Can be found on pages 642 and 643.
*Include a Gantt chart with the schedule table after leveling outside of Slack.
Note: No splitting of activities is allowed. No partial assignments (e.g., 50 percent). All resources must be assigned 100 percent.
I will attach the pages below:
The critical path is A-B (finish only) -C-D-F.
Page 642
Chapter 8
7. Log of Parallel Method of Scheduling: Exercise 8-7
Table Summary: Table has 3 columns. Column 1 titled Period has number ranges. Column 2 titled Activity lists alphabets. Column 3 titled Changes lists statements.
Period Activity Changes
01 B Schedule Activity B (first by minimum slack rule)
A Schedule Activity A
12 No changes
23 No changes
34 No changes
45 C Delay ES of Activity C to 5. Reduce slack to 1
56 D Schedule Activity D (minimum slack rule)
C Schedule Activity C
E Delay ES of Activity E to 6. Reduce slack to 1
67 E Delay ES of Activity E to 7. Reduce slack to 0
78 E Delay ES of Activity E to 8. Reduce slack to 1
F Delay ES of Activity F to 11. Reduce slack to 1
89 E Delay ES of Activity E to 9. Reduce slack to 2
F Delay ES of Activity F to 12. Reduce slack to 2
910 E Schedule Activity E
1011 No changes
1112 No changes
1213 F Schedule Activity F
Page 643
10. The order in which your activities were scheduled: A, C, B, D, E, F, G, H. You should not spend time planning how you are going to spend your bonus. The schedule will take 16 days.
Page 644
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