RESOURCES

RESOURCES

1. Resource Assignment

   • Assignment of available resources to various uses

2. Resource Loading

   • Amount of individual resources an existing schedule requires during specific time periods
   • Helps project managers develop a general understanding of the demands a project will make on resources and individual's schedules
   • Overallocation : more resources than are available are assigned to perform work at a given time

3. Resource Leveling

   • Benefit
     • Require less management when more resource used on constant basis
     • Enable project managers to use a just-in-time inventory type of policy
     • Fewer problems for project personnel and accounting department
     • Improve morale
   • Purpose
     • For resolving resource conflicts by delaying tasks
     • To create a smoother distribution of resource usage and reduce overallocation