Part 2

The following personnel have been assigned to the Blue Zuma project team:

• 4 marketing specialists

• 4 design engineers

• 4 development engineers

• 4 industrial engineers

• 1 purchasing agent

Use the file from Part 1 and the information contained in Tables A2.5 and A2.6 to assign resources to the project schedule.

Part A

Prepare a memo that addresses the following questions:

1. Which if any of the resources are overallocated?

2. Which activities involve overallocated resources?

3. Assume that the project is time constrained and try to resolve any overallocation problems by leveling within slack. What happens?

4. What is the impact of leveling within slack on the sensitivity of the network?

Include a Gantt chart with the schedule table after leveling within slack.

Part B

Prepare a memo that addresses the following questions:

1. Assume that the project is resource constrained and no additional personnel are available. How long will the project take given the resources assigned? (Hint: Undo leveling performed in Part A before answering this question.) Note: No splitting of activities is allowed.

2. How does the new duration compare with the estimated completion date generated from Part 1? What does this tell you about the impact resources can have on a schedule?

Include a Gantt chart with a schedule table depicting the resource-constrained schedule.