7. Estimating Resource Requirements for Work Activities
Where,
Rk
ij are the resources of type k required by activity ij,
Dij is the duration of activity ij, Nij is the number of standard crews allocated to activity ij,
Uk
ij is the amount of resource type k used per standard crew.
For example, if an activity required eight hours with two crews assigned and each crew
required three workers, the effort would be R = 8*2*3 = 48 labour-hours.
Resources such as labour requirements will vary in proportion to the work
productivity, Pij