05) Time Management Flashcards
What is the process of time management?
- Plan Schedule Management
- Define Activities
- Sequence Activities
- Estimate Activity Resources
- Estimate Activity Durations
- Develop Schedule
- Control Schedule
What is the key output of the Plan Schedule Management process?
Schedule management plan
What are the key outputs of the Define Activities process?
- Activity list
- Activity attributes
- Milestone list
What are the key outputs of the Sequence Activities process?
- Network diagrams
- Updates to project documents
What are some of the key outputs of the Estimate Activity Resources process?
- Activity resource requirements
- Resource breakdown structure
What are the key outputs of the Estimate Activity Durations process?
- Activity duration estimates
- Updates to project documents
What does the Develop Schedule process involve?
Creating a project schedule that is bought into, approved, realistic, and formal
What are some of the Develop Schedule process key outputs?
- Project schedule
- Schedule baseline
- Updates to the project management plan and project documents
What are the key outputs of the Control Schedule process?
- Work performance information
- Schedule forecasts
- Change requests
What are the four types of logical relationships between activities in the precedence diagramming method?
- Finish-to-start (FS): An activity must finish before the successor can start
- Start-to-start (SS): An activity must start before the successor can start
- Finish-to-finish (FF): An activity must finish before the successor can finish
- Start-to-finish (SF): An activity must start before the successor can finish
What are mandatory dependencies?
Mandatory: The order in which activities MUST be done, due to the inherrent nature of the work; also called “hard logic”
What are discretionary dependencies?
Discretionary: The order in which the organization has CHOSEN that activities be performed; also called “preferred,” “preferential,” or “soft logic”
What are external dependencies?
External: Dependencies based on the needs of a party OUTSIDE the project
What are internal dependencies?
Internal: Dependencies based on the needs of the project; may be under the control of the project team
What is a lag?
Lag: Waiting time inserted between activities
What is a lead?
Lead: How soon an activity can start before it’s predecessor activity is completed
What is a resource breakdown structure?
An organizational chart or table showing identified resources, organized by category and type
How does a schedule model differ from a schedule?
- The schedule model consists of all the project data that will be used to calculate the schedule, such as the activities, dependencies, leads and lags, etc.
- The project schedule is the output of the schedule model - this refers to the final, printed dates that make up the schedule that becomes the baseline and part of the project management plan
What is the critical path?
Critical: The longest path through the network diagram
What is the near-critical path?
Near-critical: The path closest in length to the critical path
How does the critical path help us manage the project?
- It shows the project manager the shortest time in which the project can be completed
- It shows the project manager where to focus his or her time
- It is used in compressing or adjusting the schedule
Define total float, free float, and project float.
- Total float: The amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the project end date or an intermediary milestone
- Free float: The amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of its successor(s)
- Project float: The amount of time the prject can be delayed without affecting the project’s required end date
What are the two formulas for calculating float?
- Late start - Early start
OR
- Late finish - Early finish
What are the methods that can be used to compress a schedule?
- Crashing
- Fast tracking
