Exam 8: Scheduling Projects

During which of the following Project Schedule Management processes does the team estimate the number of work periods that will be required to complete a schedule activity,usually expressed as workdays or workweeks? ​ 

Figure 7-2 Research Project -Consider the Research Project depicted in Figure 7-2.Based on the information provided,what is the slack associated with activity C - "Review Reports"?​ 

The most common type of logical dependency to determine the sequence of project activities is "finish-to-finish" (FF).

Figure 7-3 System Integration Project -Consider the System Integration Project depicted in Figure 7-3.Based on the information provided,which activities constitute the critical path for this project?​ 

All of the following statements correctly describe an advantage or disadvantage associated with the use of Monte Carlo Analysis EXCEPT: 

Describe how you would use the members of your project team to develop and execute a project schedule.

In the enumeration method the project schedule is calculated many times (perhaps 1,000 or more),and each time,the estimate for a particular activity is generated based on the likelihood of that time as determined by the project manager.

A Gantt chart is a horizontal bar chart that shows each work activity on a separate line with the bar placed from the early start date to the early finish date for each activity on a timescale.

The amount of time a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of immediately following schedule activities is:​ 

A mandatory dependency is a logical relationship between activities that must happen - usually due to a physical or legal demand.

The schedule activity that determines when the logical successor activity can begin or end is called the _______: 

The sequencing of activities is often based upon dependencies between the activities.The dependencies that should guide activity sequencing can be either: 

Figure 7-5 Duration Estimates -Consider the activity duration estimates presented in Figure 7-5.Based on the information provided and adopting the PERT conventions to calculate expected activity durations,what is the expected duration of Activity D - "Package Item"?​ 

Figure 7-2 Research Project -Consider the Research Project depicted in Figure 7-2.Based on the information provided,which activity can you delay by one day without impacting the expected completion date for the project?​ 

Which of the following statements correctly describes the critical path?​ 

Figure 7-3 System Integration Project -Consider the System Integration Project depicted in Figure 7-3.Based on the information provided,which activities can be delayed one day without impacting the expected project completion date? 

There is often terrific pressure to complete a project as quickly as possible.To confront this pressure,a project manager should quickly promise to meet the deadlines requested by the sponsor and then assemble a team to create the corresponding schedule.

GANTT refers to the Generalized Activity Network Tracking Technique which was developed to better understand how variability in the duration of individual activities impacts the expected project duration.

All of the following strategies can help a project team to develop realistic time estimates for project activities EXCEPT:​ 

Many factors can impact the accuracy of activity duration estimates.Describe four of the problems associated with estimating activity durations accurately,and the techniques you could use as a project manager to overcome them.