When using resource-constrained scheduling, activities that were once scheduled to be completed at the same time now may have to be scheduled in sequence. What are the "rules of thumb" or heuristics that need to be followed to determine which activity is scheduled first?
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The first priority is to allocate resources to the activity with the least amount of slack, usually an activity on the critical path. If more than one activity has the same amount of slack, then select the activity with the smallest duration. If more than one activity has the same slack and the same duration, then select the activity that has the lowest identification number.
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