A team lead wants to identify overallocated resources within a project. Which report type would help achieve this?

Question

Options

• AResource allocation report
• BAudit trail report
• CApproval status report
• DProofing report

• A
  72% (26)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  17% (6)
• D
  8% (3)

Explanation

A Resource Allocation Report is specifically designed to show how resources (people, equipment, etc.) are distributed across tasks and time periods, making it the go-to tool for spotting overallocation - where a resource is assigned more work than capacity allows.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B. Audit trail report - tracks changes and actions taken within a system for accountability purposes, not workload distribution.
• C. Approval status report - shows the state of items pending review or sign-off, unrelated to resource capacity.
• D. Proofing report - relates to reviewing and commenting on documents or assets, not resource scheduling.

Memory tip: Think "allocation = assignment." If you need to find who has too much assigned, you need the report that tracks assignments - the Resource Allocation Report. The word "overallocated" directly maps to "allocation" in the answer.

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