Exam II Flashcards
Which of the following is not a method used to reduce fluctuations in the resource profile when resource leveling?
Fast tracking activities
Utilizing extreme theories like the inventory buffer theory, is it economical to have all materials on-site before starting a project to achieve the lowest cost option project (Cost driven, not schedule driven)? One clue, when referencing just all material being on-site before construction starts, is that I would refer to this as “The Dream Project”
Uneconomical
A general contractor does not typically level their subcontractors resources, but what is the GC’s main function between subcontractors to push for a subcontractors ability to level their resources?
Subcontract coordination
You are a southern California contractor. You have been awarded two projects: one in downtown Los Angeles and one near the Mojave reservation. Each project needs a safety manager at essentially the same time, each for a duration of about 6 weeks. Would you share resources between these two projects when both projects have a flexible end date? The client on each project has stated that a safety manager will be on-site each day for at least half the days work duration when crews are on-site.
No
The main idea of resource leveling is to increase the efficiency of the project and minimize the overall costs. Leveling which of the following really does not assist in these cost reduction and efficiency improvement efforts.
Materials
When pertaining to labor, hourly workers are hired to perform which of the following?
a. Activities
b. Specific tasks
c. Work packages
d. Work
e. All of the above
e. All of the above
When dealing with work space and the ever changing nature of the work during the life cycle of a project, which of the following is not considered a work space consideration for planning and resource leveling?
a. Safety of workers
b. Weather impacts to schedule
c. Productivity losses due to site crowding
d. Site logistics
e. Available site/construction infrastructure
f. All items listed could have an impact on overall work space available for efficient craft workforce utilization.
f. All items listed could have an impact on overall work space available for efficient craft workforce utilization.
If you are GC and have multiple large subcontractors that have labor resources in many states and multiple crafts, should you bother to resource load your master schedule?
Yes
Are resouce driven schedules and manpower loaded schedules the same thing? Meaning, are the schedules both driven by the activities in the same way/manner?
No
The assignment of resources required to complete a given activity, or work item, in the required amount and timing is known as what?
Resource Allocation
True or False:
In project management we use the term resources to indicate three main categories: labor, equipment, and materials. Ultimately, everything is translated into a monetary quantity that may be a part of the financial resources.
True
You are a southern California contractor. You have been awarded two projects: one in downtown Los Angeles and one near the Mojave reservation. Each project needs a bulldozer and a crew of 4 at essentially the same time, each with a duration of about 3 weeks. The bulldozer helps accomplish essentially the first 3 weeks of work onsite. Would you share resources between these two projects when both projects have a fixed hard end date?
No
The leveling of resources looks at the overall fluctuations in day to day resource usage throughout a project, labor and equipment, and attempts to do what to those fluctuations?
Minimize
When working with our schedules, we are dealing specifically with crews in our resource calendar. When utilizing a manpower loaded schedule, as we are for HW6 and the semester project, will resource leveling come into play for our overall efforts?
Yes
We often talk about the backward pass when looking at schedule logic; is there a similar step that can be done with resource leveling?
Yes
If you are running a company and you have a limited number of labor resources but multiple different projects, would distance between the two projects impact your resource leveling options between the two projects?
Yes
When resource leveling activities, if not controllig overallocation of resources, do items not currently on the criticial path have the potential to become critical?
Yes
As a general contractor with no labor force performing work at the site, what must the general contractor still be aware of when concerning their subcontractors resources?
a. Site congestion
b. Equipment utilization
c. Sufficient labor resources to make progress
d. All of the above
d. All of the above
If you build the same project 10 times in a row, same building but different locations, do you always choose the same material management strategy?
No
Utilizing just in time material delivery, what would be your sites main restriction that would drive you to this decision?
No or very little available on site laydown space
Based on Figure 3 in the article, looking at the Original Baseline S-Curve, which is progress based, they have shown you a projected S-curve as a dotted line that falls below the Original Baseline S-Curve. This would indicate that the project performance (crew performance) is lower than expected and performing below the curve, the end result being that the project will take longer when projecting future dates or forecasts. The difference between the two curves, at any point on the curve, is known as what in regards to the project timeline?
Schedule Variance
If the work force for a given task is held at a lower level, the elapsed time to accomplish the work (manhours) will be ___________.
Prolonged
