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Which of the following types of charts shows which resources are needed in the project and allows you to group the resources by project phase or other attributes?

The correct answer is D. Resource Breakdown Structure. A Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS) is a hierarchical chart that categorizes all project resources and supports grouping by phase, type, or other attributes.

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Question

Which of the following types of charts shows which resources are needed in the project and allows you to group the resources by project phase or other attributes?

Options

  • APareto chart
  • BOrganizational Breakdown Structure
  • CGantt chart
  • DResource Breakdown Structure

How the community answered

(48 responses)
  • A
    4% (2)
  • B
    6% (3)
  • C
    15% (7)
  • D
    75% (36)

Why each option

A Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS) is a hierarchical chart that categorizes all project resources and supports grouping by phase, type, or other attributes.

APareto chart

A Pareto chart is a quality management tool that ranks defects or issues by frequency to highlight the most significant problems, and is unrelated to resource planning.

BOrganizational Breakdown Structure

An Organizational Breakdown Structure represents the hierarchy and reporting relationships of the performing organization, not the categorization of resources by project phase.

CGantt chart

A Gantt chart is a scheduling tool that displays project tasks against a timeline, and does not categorize or group resources by type or phase.

DResource Breakdown StructureCorrect

The Resource Breakdown Structure is a hierarchical decomposition of all resources organized by category and type. It explicitly shows which resources are needed for the project and supports flexible grouping by project phase, resource type, or other relevant attributes, making it the primary tool for resource identification and categorization in project planning.

Concept tested: Resource Breakdown Structure for project resource planning

Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok

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#Resource Breakdown Structure#resource management#project phases#resource planning

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