6-1

Allocating Resources to the Project

6-2

Homework: 20 (omit e) using MSP 21 (an AOA diagram may help!) by hand and Excel

Expediting or Crashing a project Resource Loading Resource Leveling

6-3

Table 6-1, Example

Project completion time = 21 days, cost $400, critical path = a-c-f

6-4

Table 6-1, Example (21 days, baseline)

a6

a6

e5

e5

c6

c6

b7

b7

f9f9

d7

d7

g7

g7

0 6

13 20

6 13

12 21

0 7

6 12

0 6

7 14

9 14

7 12

2 9

5 7 12 21

14 21

6 or 4 days only

6-5

Table 6-1, Example (20 days)

a5

a5

e5

e5

c6

c6

b7

b7

f9f9

d7

d7

g7

g7

0 5

12 19

5 12

11 20

0 7

5 11

0 5

6 13

8 13

7 12

1 8

5 7 11 20

6 or 4 days only

13 20

6-6

Table 6-1, Example (19 days)

6 or 4 days only

a6

a6

e5

e5

c6

c6

b7

b7

f9f9

d7

d7

g7

g7

0 6

13 20

6 13

12 21

0 7

6 12

0 6

7 14

9 14

7 12

2 9

5 7 12 21

14 21

6-7

Table 6-1, Example (19 days)

6 or 4 days only

a5

a5

e5

e5

c6

c6

b7

b7

f8f8

d7

d7

g7

g7

0 5

12 19

5 12

11 19

0 7

5 11

0 5

7 12

0 7

5 7 11 19

12 19

5 12

7 12

6-8

Table 6-1, Example (18 days)

6 or 4 days only

a5

a5

e5

e5

c4

c4

b7

b7

f9f9

d7

d7

g6

g6

a (-1)

g (-1)

c (-2)

6-9

Table 6-1, Example (max)

a5

a5

e5

e5

c4

c4

b7

b7

f9f9

d7

d7

g6

g6

Fully crashed.

Fully crashed.

Crashed by 1.

6-10

Table 6-1, Example (max=16)

a5

a5

e5

e5

c4

c4

b7

b7

f9f9

d7

d7

g6

g6

Fully crashed.

Fully crashed.

Crashed by 1.

f7

g4

Project Cost versus Project DurationExample Table 6.1

$400$430

$470

$550

$650

$750

6-12

Table 6-1, Example (21 days, baseline) AOA

11

22

55

44

33

66

May be crashed 1 day at a time

a6

b7

c6

d7

e5

f9

g7

6-13

Table 6-1, Example (21 days, baseline) AOA

May be crashed 1 day at a time

11

22

55

44

33

66

a6

b7

c6

d7

e5

f9

g7

Amount of specific resources that are scheduled for use on specific activities or projects at specific times.

Usually a list or table.

6-14

6-15

6-16

6-17

No Resource Loading7 Day Work WeekFormat Gantt Chart Wizard

a5

a5

c5

c5

e2

e2

b3

b3

f6f6

d4

d4

g2

g2

0 5

9 11

5 9

7 13

0 3

5 7

3 8

Activity Resourcesa Timb Joec Gusd Amye Amy,Joef Sueg Tim

0 5

7 11

6 11

11 13

3 6

5 7 7 13

d,e

6-18

Added ResourcesAdded Resource Names to GanttTools, Level Resources Clear Leveling (button)

a5

a5

c5

c5

e2

e2

b3

b3

f6f6

d4

d4

g2

g2

0 5

9 11

5 9

7 13

0 3

5 7

3 8

Activity Resourcesa Timb Joec Gusd Amye Amy,Joef Sueg Tim

0 5

7 11

6 11

11 13

3 6

5 7 7 13

6-19

ViewResource Usage

ViewResource Graph

Activity Resourcesa Timb Joec Gusd Amye Amy,Joef Sueg Tim

6-20

Tools, Level Resources Level Now (button)

Used d’s (LS/LF) slackto avoid overloading of Amy

a5

a5

c5

c5

e2

e2

b3

b3

f6f6

d4

d4

g2

g2

0 5

11 13

7 11

7 13

0 3

5 7

3 8

Activity Resourcesa Timb Joec Gusd Amye Amy,Joef Sueg Tim

0 5

7 11

6 11

11 13

3 6

5 7 7 13

6-21

View Resource Usage

Activity Resourcesa Timb Joec Gusd Amye Amy,Joef Sueg Tim

6-22

Unleveled

6-23

Leveled

e finishes at 7, but f cannot startSue is still busy on c

a5

a5

c5

c5

e2

e2

b3

b3

f6f6

d4

d4

g2

g2

0 3 3 80 5

7 11 12 14

5 7 7 138 14

Activity Resourcesa Timb Joec Sued Amye Amy,Joef Sueg Tim

d cannot start until time 7because Amy is not free

11 13

7 12

0 5

5 7 8 14

e cannot start at time 6 and finish at 8because Amy is needed on task d at time 7

8 12

3 6

b cannot LF at time 7because Joe is needed on e at time 6

6-24

LeveledActivity Resources

a Timb Joec Sued Amye Amy,Joef Sueg Tim