Remember our
New Product Launch Example?
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Are
the resources scheduled
smoothly? (continued)
Here is the New Product Launch project again showing both over and under
allocation of the Project Manager in the resource histogram. Remember
that the PM assigned himself to too many tasks in the Project Organization
stage of planning. This is the result, and it is seen very late in the
planning cycle.
In this real example, the PM quickly realized
both the problem and the solution. He and the team recycled
back to the WBS and Project Organization. They rescheduled
the PM’s time to work only one-half time on the project,
but consistently from start to finish. Other team members volunteered
to do the tasks originally allocated to the PM. When re-structured
in this manner, the project was accomplished very successfully.
Without the re-structuring, the project may have failed. |