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Resourcing Project

The document discusses resource scheduling and tradeoffs for multiple projects. For the first project, it asks to find the schedule with 11 men and then with 9 men available. For the second project, it asks how many days are needed to complete the project with only 4 men available. The third project asks how many men are needed to complete it in 15 days. The fourth project provides resource requirements for each activity and asks to calculate the completion date with 10 or 5 resources from each department (marketing, finance, engineering).

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Resourcing Project

The document discusses resource scheduling and tradeoffs for multiple projects. For the first project, it asks to find the schedule with 11 men and then with 9 men available. For the second project, it asks how many days are needed to complete the project with only 4 men available. The third project asks how many men are needed to complete it in 15 days. The fourth project provides resource requirements for each activity and asks to calculate the completion date with 10 or 5 resources from each department (marketing, finance, engineering).

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Project Resourcing: Managing resource conflicts, Trade-off between penalty cost vs resource cost by

MS Project software
1. A project has the following time and resource data:

Activity Predecessor Duration Labor requirement


A None 2 4
B A 3 3
C A 4 3
D B 2 5
E D 6 3
F C 4 3
G C 3 4
H F 6 6
I G 3 2
J E, H 4 2
K I 4 9

PART A: Find the project schedule if only 11 men are available


PART B: Find the project schedule if only 9 men are available

2. Develop the project schedule of the given project when only 4 men are available to perform the activities and
determine how many days are required to complete the project.

Activity Predecessor Duration Labor requirement


A None 10 1
B None 6 2
C None 5 3
E A 8 1
F B 10 2
G F 10 3
H C 7 1
I E 5 2
PART B: How many resources are required to complete the project in 26 days?
3. A project has the following time and resource data. How many men are required to complete the project in
15 days?
Activity Predecessor Duration Labor Requirement

A None 5 1
B None 3 1
C None 2 1
E A 4 1
F B 5 1
G F 5 1
H C 3 1
I E 3 1
4. For a given project, activity their predecessor, labor requirement and material cost (in $) is given in the
following table. The rate of resources for marketing, finance and engineering is as $100, $120 and $180 per
hour respectively. Assume 5 days working week. The project would start from 1 January 2021.

Activity Predecessor Time (days) Material cost in $ Labor Requirement


H - 10 100 2M, 1F, 2E
I H 8 64 1M, 1F, 1E
J H 6 96 1M, 2F, 3E
K J 4 16 2M, 2F, 2E
L J 2 36 1M, 2F, 2E
M J 4 84 2M, 2F, 2E
N I 4 80 3M, 1F, 4E
O I 5 50 2M, 2F, 3E
P J 5 60 3M, 4F, 2E
Q L 5 80 4M, 2F, 2E
R M 5 10 2M, 2F, 2E
S N 3 10 3M, 1F, 1E
T Q 3 10 1M, 3F, 3E
U O, S 1 14 1M, 1F, 1E
V K, R 5 80 3M, 3F, 3E
W U 2 24 1M, 2F, 2E
X V 3 36 1M, 3F, 3E
Y P,W,X 8 104 2M, 3F, 1E
Z T,Y 6 66 3M, 1F, 3E
PART A: What is the completion date of the project and how many working days are required to complete this
project? If you have 10 resources form each department.
PART B: What is the completion date of the project and how many working days are required to complete this
project? If you have 5 resources form each department.

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