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Resource Availability Date

The calendar date when a resource pool becomes available for a given resource. [D01662]

Resource Availability Pool

The amount of resource availability for any given allocation period. [D01663]

Resource Breakdown Structure ("RBS")

A feature of hierarchical resources that facilitates both roll-up reporting and summary resource scheduling by enabling you to schedule at the detailed requirements level, and roll up both requirements and availabilities to a higher level. [D01664]

Resource Calendar

A calendar that defines the working and non-working patterns for specific resources. [D01665]

Resource Category

Type of resource. [D01666]

Resource Code

The code used to identify a given resource type. [D01667]

Resource Constraint

Limitation due to the availability of a resource. [D04501]

Resource Description

The actual name or identification associated with a resource code. [D01668]

Resource Driven Task Durations

Task durations that are driven by the need for scarce resources. [D01669]

Resource Effort

The amount of effort resources are assigned to the task and their allocation. [D05090]

Resource Group

A set of resources that share some characteristics and that is categorized by a group name, such as job function, skill or contractor. [D01670]

Resource Histogram

A view of project data in which resource requirements, usage, and availability are shown against a time scale. [D01671]

Resource Identification

Identification of potential sources that could provide the specified material or services. These sources could be identified either from the firm/project list of vendors or by advertising the need of procurement. [D01672]

Resource Level

A specified level of resource units required by an activity per time unit. [D01673]

Resource Leveling

Any form of network analysis in which scheduling decisions are driven by resource management concerns (e.g. limited resource availability or difficult to manage changes in resource levels). [D01674]

See also Resource Allocation [D01675]

The resource scheduling process of determining scheduled dates such that neither the project completion date nor any target finishes are jeopardized while minimizing the maximum extent to which any resource availability is exceeded. [D01676]

See Resource Allocation. [D03088]

The process of rescheduling activities such that the requirement for resources on the project does not exceed resource limits. The project completion date may be delayed in the process. [D03933]

Resource Limited Scheduling

See Resource Leveling. [D03242]

Resource List

A list of resources available for a project, including personnel, equipment and supplies. [D01677]

Resource Management

The planning, allocating and scheduling of resources to tasks, generally including manpower, machine (plant and equipment), money, and materials. Resource Management typically covers resource allocation and its impact on schedules and budgets, as well as resource leveling and smoothing. [D03763]

Resource Needs

The resources required to complete a program, project or activity. [D03243]

Resource Offset

In the definition of resource requirements, the number of work periods between the start of the activity and when the resource is first required. [D01678]

Resource Optimization

A generic term for resource leveling and resource smoothing. [D03934]

Resource Period

In the definition of a resource requirement, the number of work periods for which a resource is required. [D01679]

Resource Plan

Part of the definition statement stating how the program will be resource loaded and what supporting services, infrastructure and third party services are required. [D04503]

Resource Planning

The selection of resources in type and quantity required to complete a project. [D01681]

Evaluating what resources are needed to complete a project and determining the quantity needed. [D01680]

Resource Plots

A display of the required amount of resources plotted on a graph as a function of time. Individual, summary, incremental, and cumulative resource curve levels can be shown. [D01683]

Resource Pool

A group of people who can generally do the same work, so that they can be chosen randomly for assignment to a project. [D03728]

A higher level resource in a resource breakdown structure. [D01684]

Resource Profile

The fluctuating allocation of a resource on a single activity. [D03935]

The multiple specification of a single resource requirement or availability to indicate a variation over a period of time. [D01685]

Resource Requirement

The requirement for a particular resource by a particular activity. [D01686]

Resource Scheduling

The process of determining dates on which activities should be performed in order to smooth the demand for resources, or to avoid exceeding stated constraints on these restraints. (See also, Resource Leveling, Time-Limited Resource Scheduling and Resource-Limited Resource Scheduling.) [D01688]

The process of calculating a set of scheduled dates that takes into account the resource requirements of each activity and the availability of these resources. [D01687]

Resource Set

A collection of resources that share the same skills or attributes and that may be assigned to the same tasks. [D01689]

Resource Smoothing

The process of rescheduling activities such that the requirement for resources on the project do not exceed resource limits. In smoothing, as opposed to resource leveling, the project completion date may not be delayed. Activities may only be delayed within their float. [D01690]

Resource Thresholds

In resource-limited scheduling it is possible to specify that a particular resource may be exceeded, if necessary, by an amount not to exceed the specified threshold for that resource. [D01691]

Resource Total

A specified total of resource units required by an activity over a period of time. [D01692]

Resource Unit

A unit of measurement for a specific resource. [D01693]

Resource-Based Duration

The option to determine activity duration, remaining duration, and percent complete through resource usage. The resource requiring the greatest time to complete the specified amount of work on the activity will determine its duration. You may change the duration mode for an activity at any time. This feature may not be used without values in the Resource Usage fields. [D03608]

Resource-Limited Planning

The planning of activities so that predetermined resource availability pools are not exceeded. Activities are started as soon as resources are available (subject to logic constraints ), as required by the activity, [D01694]

Resource-Limited Resource Scheduling

The production of scheduled dates in which the resource constraints are considered as absolute and project completion is delayed as necessary to avoid exceeding resource requirements. [D01695]

Resource-Limited Schedule

A project schedule whose start and finish dates reflect expected resource availability. The final project schedule should always be resource-limited. [D01696]

Resources

The personnel, equipment, materials, and services needed to complete tasks in a project. [D01697]

Resourcing Plan

Part of the definition statement stating how the program will be resource loaded and what supporting services, infrastructure and third party services are required. [D01698]

A component of the program definition statement stating how the program will be resourced, and specifying what supporting services, infrastructure and third party services are required. [D03936]

A component of the program definition statement stating how the program will be resourced, and specifying what supporting services, infrastructure and third party services are required. [D05091]