Exam 6: Project Time Management

The ______________________________ is based on the fact that,like a chain with its weakest link,any complex system at any point in time often has only one aspect or constraint that limits its ability to achieve more of its goal.

The main outputs of estimating activity resources include the activity list and attributes,project scope statement,milestone list,and organizational process assets.

____ dependencies involve relationships between project and non-project activities.

Project management software highlights the critical path in ____ on a network diagram.

Many project management software programs come with ____________________ or sample files.

Project management software does not have the capacity to automatically generate network diagrams and calculate the critical path(s)for the project.

In a ____ relationship,one task cannot finish before another finishes.

____ is a network diagramming technique used to predict total project duration.

Duration estimates are often provided as a discrete number,such as four weeks,or as a range,such as three to five weeks,or as a(n)____________________.

Describe critical path analysis.How is the critical path calculated?

In a Gantt chart created in Microsoft Project,a black diamond symbol represents a milestone.

Project managers often illustrate progress with a ____ showing key deliverables and activities.

The ultimate goal of ____ is to create a realistic project schedule that provides a basis for monitoring project progress for the time dimension of the project.

____________________ is the one variable in project scheduling that has the least amount of flexibility.

It is not necessary to complete all of theactivities on the network diagram in order for the project to finish.

_________________________ involves the processes required to ensure timely completion of a project.

A(n)____________________ on a project is a significant event that normally has no duration.

Project schedules grow out of the basic documents that initiate a project.

Every item on the WBS needs to be on the network diagram.

____ involves analyzing activity sequences,activity resource estimates,and activity duration estimates to create the project schedule.