Project Management

Schedule Compression and Resource Leveling (100 points)

This assignment consists of 3 parts: questions about resourcing projects, schedule development and compression, and resource leveling. 

Part 1 Questions (20 points)

Provide responses to the following questions

1.    What is the purpose of a staffing management plan?  What does it address?

2.    Whom should the project manager consult when performing resource leveling?

3.    Describe the two primary techniques for compressing a schedule?

4.    When crashing a project schedule, describe the two criteria that are considered when considering which activities will be sped up.

Part 1 responses should be presented in a question-response format.  Use Arial font with 11 point. There is no word limit.