I am not convinced could you explain:

Submitted by sspawar on Tue, 07/24/2012 - 23:47

Q.

What would resource leveling usually result in?
 

A. Decrease in project duration

B. Fast tracking

C. Crashing

D. Increase in project duration

Answer:

D

Explanation

Planning -Time Management Resource leveling is applied to allocate scarce resources to critical path activities first, but this often results in a project duration that is longer than the original schedule estimates.

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RaviDatt

Wed, 07/25/2012 - 01:43

PMBOK mentioned that:


Resource Leveling can often causes the original critical path to change.


There is no mention of increase or decrease in critical path .


We apply resource leveling generally on critical path with the aim of decreasing project duration from its original duration.


I would say it would Decrease the critical path.

sspawar

Wed, 07/25/2012 - 03:06

Could Pass outs reply here

tobi

Wed, 07/25/2012 - 03:12

 If your project has an over-allocated resources and you can't throw in any more resources then you can fix it my doing resource leveling.  You can either  delay an activity until the assigned resource has time to work on it (that is if the resource was assigned more than one activity) OR split the activity.  Both will definitely lengthen your  project duration.  Overallocation can occur if more works are assigned to be done than the resources' available time.  Resource leveling may also increase your cost.

Decrease in project duration can be achieved through schedule compression (fastracking & crashing).

Tobi

krantikumar50

Wed, 07/25/2012 - 04:48

Respected Pawarji Sir,


 


More people are there to complete an assignment. Now due to resource leveling people are reduced and have gone elsewhere, as deemed fit by their managers.


First, there were 10 people to complete an assignment and now it has dropped down to 6 due to resource leveling, therefore, it will take more time or duration would increase.


 


Warmly, KK...

aliweb

Wed, 07/25/2012 - 04:57

Exactly this!