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Multiresource Scheduling

Scarcity of Project Resources

In many complex projects, sequence-based scheduling and function-based scheduling are used so that the project can be responsive to the prevailing scenarios within the project environment. It is in this context that a generic multiresource project scheduling methodology is presented in this chapter. The approach incorporates the following:

  1. Resource characteristics, such as preferences, time-effective capabilities, costs, and availability of project resources

  2. Performance interdependencies among different resource groups

Based on the previous considerations, the methodology maps the most adequate resource units to each newly scheduled project activity as presented by Milatovic and ...

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