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PLANNING ENGINEERING
AND
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
By
Lec. Junaid Arshad
Resource Management
Project Costing
Sample Problems
Resource Management
Each activity of the project has certain resource
requirements i.e. people and machine. These
requirements (usually) vary with activity duration.
Resource definition
Resource allocation
Resource aggregation
Resource leveling
Resource definition
Resource definition involves identifying the critical
resources that need to be planned and managed
for the successful completion of the project.
Resource Allocation
Resource allocation, is concerned with assigning
the required number of those resources identified in
the previous step to each activity identified in the
plan.
Resource
Demand
Compared to
Resource
Availability
Analyzing the issues involved in resource leveling for
a situation where a bar chart has been used as the
primary planning technique for a simple project.
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Workload and its Calculation
The DURATION of a task is the time required for its execution and depends
upon the units of resources involved in the task.
The duration is most often measured in days or in working hours. (16 hours)
The UNITS are the resources available to perform the task. For human
resource, we speak of people. ( 2 people)
HYPOTHESIS:
If the efficiency of a 4
workers team is only
75%, what will be the task
duration?
ANSWER:
4 days = 12 person-days /
(4 x .75)
Project Costing
Bottom-up estimates:
Involve estimating individual work items or activities and
summing them to get a project total.
Parametric modeling:
Uses project characteristics (parameters) in a mathematical
model to estimate project costs.
Computerized tools:
Tools, such as spreadsheets and project management
software, that can make working with different cost
estimates and cost estimation tools easier.
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