Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1789

You are in the early stages of a project to manufacture disposable medical devices. You need a number of engineers including ones with specialties in mechanical, environmental, and systems engineering. In the early stages of this project, your resource pool
includes a large number of both junior and senior engineers in the various specialty areas. However, as the project progresses______________


A.
Fewer systems engineers will be needed
B. The resource pool can be limited to those people who are knowledgeable about the project
C. To complete the project on time, you will continue to require access to a large number of engineers in their specialty areas
D. You will only need junior level engineers as the senior level people can be used early in the project to mentor and train them

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

Explanation:
Resource calendars are an input to the estimate activity resource process and to the estimate activity durations process. They are used to estimate resource use. Early in a project, the resource pool might include people at different levels of expertise in large
numbers, but as the project progresses, the resource pool then can be limited to those people who are knowledgeable about the project because of their work on it.