What are any four heuristics for prioritizing resource allocation to activities? Why would a project manager choose one above another?
What will be an ideal response?
The decision rules for prioritizing resource allocation discussed in the text are:
activities with the smallest amount of slack,
activities with the smallest duration,
activities with the lowest identification number,
activities with the most successor tasks,
activities requiring the most resources.
These decision rules can be applied more easily than searching for an optimal or near optimal solution given the complexity of a typical resource management problem. The first rule, prioritizing activities with the smallest slack has some support for resulting in the smallest overall schedule slippage. The fourth rule allows for completing the greatest number of tasks once the activity in question has been completed. There may be any number of individual circumstances why one rule is more appealing than another.
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