Question

Project managers often confront the challenge of reducing excessive time commitments and overloads among project resources. All of the following methods can be used to reduce work overloads EXCEPT:a.) Require all project resources to work overtime b.) Split an activity into two activities and delay the second part c.) Reorder activities when logically feasible d.)Reassign certain activities to other workers.

Answer 1

Answer:

a.) Require all project resources to work overtime

Explanation:

If a project manager requires all project resources to work overtime, he or she is not reducing overload among project resources, but actually increasing it, with the potential negative implications that his action may entail.

The other three methods or tactics described in the question are conductive to reducing work overload, either by reordering tasks (numerals a and b), or by including more workers in the project (numeral c).