Exam 5: Scheduling the Project

Technical dependencies on a project plan are easiest to see on a:

A project schedule is a project action plan converted into a timetable.

What is a Gantt chart?

The difference between EST and LFT is called slack.

Why should we only draw the Gantt chart after we have draw the network for the project?

For which purpose is simulation NOT used with regard to project scheduling?

Technical dependencies are generally easier to see on a Gantt chart than on PERT/CPM networks.

Contrast "total slack" and "free slack"

A Gantt chart can not depict a critical path, only a PERT/CPM chart can.

The difference between LFT and EFT is called slack.

Critical path tasks always have zero slack.

The start-to-finish linkage is used in situations where is it desirable for two or more activities to finish at the same time.

PERT was originally used for what type of project?

The tasks of project planning, project budgeting, and project scheduling are largely separable from one another.

Which of the following is NOT an element of the Gantt chart?

It is easiest to see lead and lag time in a project task on a PERT/CPM networks.

AON and AOA networks can both be used to depict any project network.

What assumptions are made about the probabilities of the optimistic and pessimistic times in the standard formula for calculating the variance of a particular activity? Explain how the formula can be modified to accommodate different assumptions.

Contrast the traditional statistical approach to calculating the probability of completing a project by a specified time with the simulation approach.

The movement from left to right through the network beginning with the start node that calculates the LS and LF for each activity is known as "FORWARD PASS"