Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage, Fifth Edition

Solved Problem

Consider the resource-loading table shown here. Assume that we cannot schedule more than eight hours of work during any day of the month.

1. Can you identify any days that involve resource conflicts?

2. How would you reconfigure the loading table to resolve these resource conflicts?

June

Activity	1	2	3	4	5	8	9	10	11	12	15	16	17	18	19	22	23	24	25	26
A	4	4	4	4	$4˩$
B	4	4	4	$˩$
C	4	4	4	4	$4˩$
D	3	3	3	3	3	3	$˩$
E	3	3	3	3	3	$˩$
F	2	2	2	2	2	$2˩$
G	4	4	4	4	$˩$

SOLUTION

1. According to the resource-loading table, the dates June 8, 9, and 10 are all overallocated (11 hours), as are June 16, 17, 18, and 19 (9 hours). ...