Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage, Fifth Edition

Resource-Loading Charts

1. LO 12.4 Follow the steps necessary to effectively smooth resource requirements across the project life cycle.

Another way to create a visual diagram of the resource management problem is to employ resource-loading charts. Resource-loading charts are used to display the amount of resources required as a function of time on a graph. Typically, each activity’s resource requirements are represented as a block (resource requirement over time) in the context of the project baseline schedule. Resource-loading charts have the advantage of offering an immediate visual reference point as we attempt to lay out the resources needed to support our project as well as smooth resource requirements over the project’s life.

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