Question 4 On Project Resource Allocation (MS Project) 25 marks] The following q

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Question 4 On Project Resource Allocation (MS Project) 25 marks] The following questions pertain to resource allocation and scheduling in Microsoft Project. The tasks depicted in the Gantt chart are independent of each other (i.e. do not worry about resource allocation across all tasks). Name Work Duration Effort Resource Start Finish Driven Names 40 hrs 5 days Yes Chakraborty Mon 24/10/11 Mon 24/10/11 Fri 28/1a/11 Fr128/10/11 Prepare Construction Risk 0hrs 5days Yes Effort driven tame: Prepore Construction Plans Start: Mon 24/10/11 Pzevious 10% Finigh n 28/30/11 Units Ta?type: Foed units %Cogiete: WorkID Predecessor Name Type Lag ID Resource Name 1 Chakraborty 100% Figure 1 Gantt chart showing resource assignment, work, units and duration (a) Figure l shows Chakraborty assigned to task . Prepare Construction Plans" with 100% units. Effort driven scheduling for this particular task is turned on with fixed units. Assume a normal calendar hour as having 8 hours per working day and weekends as non-working hours/days. What happens to total work and duration after another human resource ..Chen" is assigned to the same task 1 at 100% units? Explain why this is so. After assignment of Chen Duration of the task is Chen works Chakraborty works Explanation days hours hours

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The task mentioned is effort driven and the other resource is at 100% units so
the work value will be split equally into the resources:

Duration : 2.5 days
Chakarborty : 20 hours
Chen : 20 hours

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