Exam 5: Developing the Schedule

Calculate the earliest finish for Task D if one of its predecessors, Task A, finishes on day 3, its other predecessor, Task C, finishes on day 4, and the duration of Task D is 2 days.

When estimating the types and quantities of resources required for each specific activity, it is valuable to involve a person who

Latest finish time (LF) is the latest time by which a specific activity must be

The estimated duration for an activity must be based on the estimated quantity of resources required to perform the activity.

The project team can progressively elaborate the estimated durations as more information is known or becomes clear to allow for more accurate estimated durations.

It is necessary to monitor the progress to ensure that everything is going according to the plan.

Each organisation or subcontractor responsible for a group or type of activities should always designate an inexperienced individual to estimate the durations for all the activities for which the organisation or subcontractor is responsible.

Calculate the latest finish for Task D if one of its successors, Task F, has a latest start on day 9, its other successor, Task E, has a latest start on day 10, and the duration of Task D is 2 days.

The project control process must occur regularly throughout the project and include all of the following except

Padding estimates with the vision of becoming a hero when the activities are completed in less time than estimated is not a good practice.

The ES and EF times are determined by calculating forward, that is, by

A concentrated effort to accelerate project progress must be applied to the paths with negative slack to activities that

The estimated activity resources will also be used later for estimating activity costs and determining the project budget.

When considering the availability of resources, it may be necessary to make some assumptions, such as

At the beginning of every project, it is possible to estimate the durations for all activities with a high level of confidence regarding their accuracy.

With projects for which there is a high degree of uncertainty about the estimated durations for activities, it is possible to use three time estimates:

Free slack is calculated by finding the lowest of the values of total slack for all the activities entering into a specific activity and then

The estimated duration should be aggressive, yet unrealistic.

The total completion time is 25 days.Task A is planned to take seven days.Task B is planned to take five days.Task C is planned to take eight days.The tasks have a serial relationship.How much slack does the project have?

In order to establish a basis from which to calculate a schedule using the estimated durations for the activities, it is necessary to