PM Wars - wrong answer?

Julie Goff Brisbane, Q, Australia

I had fun playing PM wars but got one answer wrong when I believe it should have been right.
When is resource levelling necessary?
I answered always but the right answer was when they are over allocated.

I strongly disagree with this. Under allocated resources need levelling so that your project finishes as soon as it can. Under utilised resources are adding time to the length of the schedule and potentially delaying the project unnecessarily. What does every one else think?

Posted: Jul 26, 2013 6:51 PM

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Senthil Somasundaram Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Aug 15, 2013 9:29 PM

Replying to Bernard Gore

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There's a few classics in PMprep -

"How many critical paths can exist on a network?" - the real answer to that would be one, but the answer it is looking fr is "multiple", and the justification it gives is "Networks can have multiple near critical paths" - that addition of the word "near", missing from the question itself, completely changes it.

"Q __________ is the process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives." - obviously answer is "Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis", but if you choose that it tells you wrong - then gives as expalnation "Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis is the process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives." - which is exactly the answer it has just told you is wrong.

Can we have a badge for identifying errors in PMprep or PMwars?

Yes, even i am thinking if

Q : How many critical paths can exist on a network?
A : Networks can have multiple near critical paths.

How we can have multiple critical path (As Bernard mentioned "near" was missing in the question.

Posted: Jun 27, 2017 11:51 PM

Ramachandran Swaminathan Regional Delivery Manager| Oracle Consulting India Bangalore, Karnataka, India

I would agree with Wayne, if resources are over allocated we need to do leveling. But in the case of under-allocation, we need to do only if necessary. Eg; If the under-allocated resources bring different skillsets to the project then it may not be possible to level them. This is an issue especially when you do automatic leveling using software such as MS Project. The software doesnt know about the skillset issue.
There would be software problem in over-allocation also, but then we dont have a choice and have to do some manual adjustment

Posted: Jun 28, 2017 3:08 AM

Maya Kalach Head of PMO, IT| Middle East Airlines Beirut, Lebanon

good points

Posted: Sep 24, 2019 10:24 AM

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