6.0 Project Schedule Management

Question 1

What is 6.0 project schedule management?

Answer 1

it includes the processes required to manage the timely completion of the project

Question 2

What are the 6.0 project schedule management processes?

Answer 2

6. 1 plan schedule management
7. 2 define activities
8. 3 sequence activities
9. 4 estimate activity durations
10. 5 develop schedule
11. 6 control schedule

Question 3

What is 6.1 plan schedule management?

Answer 3

establishing the ✔policies, ✔procedures and ✔documentation for ✔planning, ✔developing, ✔managing, ✔executing and ✔controlling the project schedule

Question 4

what is 6.2 define activities?

Answer 4

identifying and documenting the specific ✔actions to be performed to ✔product the project ✔deliverables

Question 5

what is 6.3 sequence activities?

Answer 5

identifying and documenting the ✔relationship among the project activities

Question 6

what is 6.4 estimate activity durations?

Answer 6

estimating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with the estimated resources

Question 7

what is 6.5 develop schedule?

Answer 7

analyzing:

• activity sequences
• durations
• resource requirements and
• schedule constraints

to create the project schedule model for

• execution
• monitoring and
• controlling

Question 8

what is 6.6 control schedule?

Answer 8

monitoring the status of the project to update the project schedule and manage changes to the schedule baseline

Question 9

what are trends and emerging practices for 6.0 project schedule management?

Answer 9

1. iterative scheduling with a backlog

2. on demand scheduling

Question 10

what is iterative scheduling with a backlog?

Answer 10

a. a form of rolling wave planning based on adaptive life cycles
b. delivers incremental value to the customer
c. applicable when multiple teams can concurrently develop a large number of features that have few interconnected dependencies
d. benefit is welcomes change throughout the development life cycle

Question 11

what is on-demand scheduling?

Answer 11

a. used in a Kanban system
b. pulls work from a backlog to be done immediately as resources become available
c. used for projects that evolve product incrementally in operational or sustainment environments

Question 12

what are tailoring considerations for 6.0 project schedule management?

Answer 12

1. life cycle approach
2. resource availability
3. project dimensions
4. technology support

Question 13

what are the considerations for agile/adaptive environments for 6.0 project schedule management?

Answer 13

1. utilizes short cycles to undertake work
2. reviews results and adapts as necessary
3. iterative scheduling and on-demand, pull-based scheduling