Session 4 Lecture 5b - Scheduling and Resources Levelling (Feb 2024)
Session 4 Lecture 5b - Scheduling and Resources Levelling (Feb 2024)
Session 4 Lecture 5b - Scheduling and Resources Levelling (Feb 2024)
See:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cN0xcjZEI4 (6:04 Mins)
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Resources:
One of the most important objectives of planning is the efficient
use of resources
Duration
•Far better for a smooth demand of labour be established by
careful planning:
quantity
Duration
Resources – Some terminologies
Scheduling - The Process of determining actual time periods which activities
are planned to take place. (start and finish dates of activities)
We have to delay it until the completion of activity E. It means activity F can start only on day 20. However, it also leads to
the shifting of activity G since activity F is its predecessor.
Let us look at the final Gantt chart and the resource usage histogram.
It’s
It’s good. All resource conflicts are removed. Now, the maximum compressors required is only six
numbers on any day.
However, in the process, the project gets delayed by two days. The total duration of the project is
22 days now.
Resource leveling is a resource-limited scheduling technique, while resource smoothing is a time-
limited scheduling technique.
You could use either of them in your projects based on the requirements of your organization.
Another Example of Resource
Leveling
• Assume all Labour in interchangeable
• Maximum Labour force is 10 operatives
Earlest Latest
Activity Duration Gang Start Finish Start Finish Total
Size Float
1-2 2 10 0 2 0 2 0
2-3 2 2 2 4 7 9 5
2-4 3 5 2 5 2 5 0
3-5 4 6 4 8 9 13 5
4-5 8 3 5 13 5 13 0
4-6 4 4 5 9 13 17 8
5-6 1 2 13 14 16 17 3
5-7 8 8 13 21 13 21 0
6-7 4 4 14 18 17 21 3
Method:
• 1 . Produce Arrow Diagramme for the project and find
duration – Not required as indicated on previous Table.
See Excel file (Lecture 5b – Bar chart Figure 2) – activities moved within the
float. Which weeks is it still not possible to resource the project? (15, 16,
17, 18). Must extend the contract period by moving activity 6-7 to start
week 21.
If we have only 10 operatives available each week what will be the actual
duration of the project?
See Excel file (Lecture 5b – Bar chart Figure 3) for solution. No more than 10
operatives required per week.
Resource Smoothing exercise
Activity Duration (Weeks) Gang Size
Act 1-2 2 12
Act 2-3 5 4
Act 2-4 8 2
Act 2-5 4 3
Act 3-8 2 4
Act 3-4 0 0
Act 4-7 1 4
Act 4-5 3 3
Act 5-6 2 6
Act 6-7 1 5
Act 6-11 3 2
Act 7-10 2 8
Act 8-9 4 3
Act 9-10 0 0
Act 9-11 7 6
Act 10-11 4 3
Information
• Contract will employ local labour working 5 days a week