03.1 Planning for Production

Question 1

It means assigning the right amount of resources to each activity at the right time.

Answer 1

Resource Allocation

Question 2

Objective of Resource Allocation

Answer 2

Calculate its budget

Question 3

It is simply trying to maintain uniform daily use of a resource (or resources) for the entire life cycle of the project or for the longest continuous segment of it.

Answer 3

Resource Leveling

Question 4

Also called resource loading

Answer 4

Resource allocation

Question 5

It is the assignment of the required resources to each activity, in the required amount and timing.

Answer 5

Resource allocation

Question 6

It is minimizing the fluctuations in day-to-day resource use throughout the project.

Answer 6

Resource leveling

Question 7

It is usually done by shifting noncritical activities within their available float.

Answer 7

Resource leveling

Question 8

It attempts to make the daily use of a certain resource as uniform as possible.

Answer 8

Resource leveling

Question 9

It may be defined as the maximum amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the early start of the succeeding activities.

Answer 9

Free float

Question 10

include labor, equipment, and materials.

Answer 10

Resources

Question 11

Leveling resources, starting from project start and going through all project activities, fulfilling their resource requirements and maintaining the total resource usage within the set limits.

Answer 11

Forward resource levelling

Question 12

Some activities have to be delayed until resources are available and the project duration may be greater than planned, causing the finish date to occur later than originally scheduled.

Answer 12

Forward resource levelling

Question 13

Leveling resources, starting from project finish and going (backward) through all project activities, fulfilling their resource requirements and maintaining the total resource usage within the set limits.

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Backward resource levelling

Question 14

The project may have a longer duration than originally allowed and project start may have to occur before the scheduled date.

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Backward resource levelling

Question 15

It is defined as the planning and controlling of all necessary efforts to ensure that the correct quality and quantity of materials and equipment are appropriately specified in a timely manner, are obtained at a reasonable cost, and are available when needed (Construction Industry Institute [CII] 1986b)

Answer 15

Materials Management