Project Management Resource Scheduling - 1444 Words

Resource Scheduling One critical aspect of a successful project is that of resource scheduling. Resources, such as people, materials, and equipment need to be available at the scheduled task start date otherwise the project may be delayed resulting in costly repercussions. According to Gray and Larson (2014), it is important to consider resource constraints before the project begins in order to reduce the likelihood of project failure or expensive delays. There are two types of resource constraints projects experience; time constrained and resource constrained. A time-constrained project is one that is pressed to deliver a project by a set deadline, and a resource-constrained project is one where the resource itself may be unavailable at†¦show more content†¦Exercise 8.1 below is an example of a situation where resources may not be available on the dates needed, and it is up to the project manager to find a way to reallocate the project schedule to meet the project s deliverables. Exercise 8.1 Exercise 8.1 displays a network plan of seven tasks. Each task has either an electrical engineer (EE) or a mechanical engineer (ME) assigned to it along with a duration estimate for the task completion. It is important for the project manager to ensure that each engineer does not working on two tasks at once as this would create a work overload. When a work overload is present in a network plan, it is up to the project manager to deconflict the work overload by reallocating the task schedule. Below are the project s early start, late start, early finish, late finish, and slack information completed for the original network plan. As you can see from the number highlighted in green in Figure A1, the project will take 9 days to complete from this early perspective. The critical path is noted by the numbers in red font. Tasks that are on the critical path are task that must not be delayed; otherwise, the project may not complete on time (Gray Larson, 2014). Figure A1. Exercise 8.1 network plan adapted from Project