Activity resource requirements and resource breakdown structure are outputs from what Project Time Management process?

Question

Options

• ASchedule Control
• BActivity Definition
• CSchedule Development
• DActivity Resource Estimating

• A
  10% (6)
• B
  5% (3)
• C
  3% (2)
• D
  81% (47)

Explanation

Activity Resource Estimating (D) is the process that produces both activity resource requirements and the resource breakdown structure, because its entire purpose is to identify what types and quantities of resources (people, equipment, materials) are needed for each schedule activity - and then organize that information into a hierarchical RBS.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (Schedule Control) is a monitoring/controlling process focused on tracking schedule changes, not identifying resources.
• B (Activity Definition) identifies and documents the specific activities needed to produce project deliverables - it outputs an activity list, not resource requirements.
• C (Schedule Development) uses resource requirements as an input (from Activity Resource Estimating) to build the project schedule - it doesn't produce them.

Memory tip: Think of the process name as a literal description of its output - "Activity Resource Estimating" estimates what resources activities need, so naturally it outputs the activity resource requirements and the RBS that structures them. If a process estimates resources, it must output resource information.

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