Exam 6: Project Activity Planning
A(n)__________ displays the organizational units responsible for each of the various work elements in the WBS.
B
Describe the general steps recommended by the authors for designing and using the WBS.
Step 1: Using information from the action plan,list the task breakdown in excessively finer levels of detail.Continue until all meaningful tasks for work packages have been identified.Each task should be at a level of detail such that it can be individually planned,budgeted,scheduled,monitored,and controlled.Step 2: For each work package,identify the data relevant to the WBS.It is helpful to construct a linear responsibility chart to show who is responsible for what.The LRC will help the PM keep track of who must approve what and who must report to whom.Step 3: All work package information should be reviewed with the individuals or organizations responsible for doing or supporting the work.This review should verify the WBS's accuracy.Step 4: The project budget should consist of four elements.They are: direct budgets from each task,an indirect costs budget for the project,a project contingency for unexpected emergencies,and any residual,which includes a profit derived from the project.Step 5: Schedule information and milestones should be integrated into a project master schedule.Step 6: During project execution,the project manager will compare actual resource usage by work element,work package,task and so on against the planned amounts for those items.This will enable the project manager to refine estimates and initiate appropriate corrective actions as necessary.Step 7: The schedule will be analyzed in the same manner as the budget.
The success of the project launch meeting is dependent on the existence of __________.
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For projects that are constantly changing,the ____________ methodology is recommended.
According to the authors,any project must contain all of the following EXCEPT __________.
According to the authors,the task of risk identification will be horrendous if the risk management system has no memory.Discuss the important elements of a risk management system that would compensate for a lack of memory by the organization.
The __________ of a project includes the objectives of the project as well as the time and cost required to complete the project to the customer's satisfaction.
Which of the following is not one of the risk management subprocesses?
One of the challenges project managers face is to ensure that managers do not mix __________.
This project plan element lists all milestone events.It identifies the estimated time for each task and is used to construct the master project schedule.
Agile IT project teams are typically __________ and located at __________.
A __________ must be submitted for any changes requested after the project plan has been approved.
____________ is a visual approach that closely mirrors how the human brain records and stores information that can help tap the creative potential of the entire project team.
During initial project planning,activities are identified and sorted.In completing this process,each level in the hierarchy should limit the number of activities to a range between __________.
When using a WBS,all of the work should roll up to the next level such that no extra work is required.This is referred to as the ____________________.
The physical items to be delivered from a project are called __________.
Why is it important for a project manager to consider risks associated with the project's external environment?
This project plan element should include profit and competitive goals as well as technical goals.
This project plan element describes both the managerial and the technical approaches to the work.The technical discussion describes the relationship of the project to available technologies.
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