Ch 1

Question 1

planning

Answer 1

what is to be done, how it is to be done, where it is to be done, and by whom

Question 2

scheduling

Answer 2

-determining when specific tasks need to be done
-integrating the planning with a specific time or calendar
-determining the time needed for each of the planned tasks and the overall length of the project schedule

Question 3

There is a significant difference between planning and scheduling

Answer 3

-scheduling can never be performed effectively without planning

Question 4

Critical Path Method (CPM)

Answer 4

-the science of scheduling
-developed in 1950s, resulted in the arrow diagram method (ADM)
-a type of scheduling network
-identifies the chain of activities in a project that control how long the project will take

Question 5

duration of an activity

Answer 5

-the time that will be consumed in completing a task

Question 6

event

Answer 6

-a point in time
-an instant at which status of completion of a project or activity can be defined

Question 7

Activity on Arrow (A-on-A)

Answer 7

-traditional CPM technique, or arrow diagram
-activities are represented as arrows or lines

Question 8

Activity on Node (A-on-N)

Answer 8

-referred to as the Precedence technique

Question 9

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Answer 9

-systematic way to describe components of a project
-an orderly presentation of the tasks that must be performed to complete a particular project
-starts by defining major systems or components of the project
-each system is defined in greater and greater detail until there exists a single responsibility- “work packages”