Question

Small Bank is planning to build a small extension to its corporate office with minimal disturbance to its current operations. The bank plans to take a project management approach in building the extension to the corporate office. The project has the following activities:

Activity	Duration(weeks)	Immediate Predecessors	Resource hours needed per week	cost of resource per hour($)
a	3	-	6	50
b	5	a	4	60
c	10	a	4	30
d	14	b	6	15
e	12	c	2	70
f	7	c&d	4	25
g	3	d	3	40
h	2	e&g	6	60
i	9	f&g	3	30
j	3	h&i	3	100

c) Create a time-phased resource-loading table for this project, identifying the early start and late finish points for each activity.

Answer 1

Time Phased Resource loading Table for the Project:

Activity	Early Start	Late Finish	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41
a	0	3	6	6	6
b	3	8				4	4	4	4	4
c	3	13				4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
d	8	22									6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
e	13	29														2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
f	22	29																							4	4	4	4	4	4	4
g	22	29																							3	3	3
h	29	38																														6	6
i	29	38																														3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
j	38	41																																							3	3	3
		Total Resources over time	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	4	4	4	4	9	9	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3