Exam 6: Developing a Project Plan

When completing the forward pass, the project duration is determined.A project duration of 90 days doesn't mean that if the project were to start today it would be complete in 90 days.Explain.

Experience suggests that when there are multiple starts, a common start node should be used to indicate a clear project beginning on the network.Similarly, a single project end node can be used to indicate a clear ending.

Activities that must occur immediately before a given activity are called ________ activities.

A sequence of connected, dependent activities is termed a(n)

A(n)_____________ calculates how late an activity can start and finish.

What is the difference between free slack and total slack?

Lags can be used to constrain the start and finish of an activity.

The critical path is the shortest path through a network and indicates activities that cannot be delayed without delaying the project.

Different activities along the same path can have different total slack.

When completing a forward pass, you carry the early finish to the next activity where it becomes its early start unless the next succeeding activity is a merge activity.In this case you select the smallest early finish number of all its immediate predecessor activities.

An activity is an element of the project that always requires time.

Activities that can take place at the same time if the manager wishes them to are called ________ activities.

Using free slack does not delay any following activities and requires no coordination with managers of other activities.

Which of the following correctly calculates the late start for an activity?

An activity has a duration of 10 days.Its early start is 4 and its late start is 6.This activity has _____ days of total slack.

Information to develop a project network is collected from the

Bill is building a project network that involves testing a prototype.He must design the prototype (activity 1), build the prototype (activity 2), and test the prototype (activity 3).Activity 1 is the predecessor for activity 2 and activity 2 is the predecessor for activity 3.If the prototype fails testing, Bill must redesign the prototype; therefore, activity 3 is a predecessor for activity 1.This is an example of

Which of the following correctly calculates the early finish for an activity?

Even though a project costs time and money to develop, it is worth the effort.

When an activity with a long duration is broken into smaller segments so that the following activities can begin sooner it is called __________.