CH5 - Planning / Define Activities

Question 1

What is the process of identifying and documenting the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables?

Answer 1

Define Activities process

Question 2

What is the key benefit of the define activities process?

Answer 2

It decomposes work packages into schedule activities that provide a basis for estimating, scheduling, executing, monitoring, and controlling the project work.

Question 3

When does the ‘define activities’ process occur?

Answer 3

This process is performed throughout the project.

Question 4

The schedule managment plan and scope baseline are — to the ‘define activities’ process?

Answer 4

subsidiary plans to the project management plan that are used at inputs

Question 5

What are 4 tools and techniques used in ‘define activities’ process?

Answer 5

1. Expert judgement
2. Decomposition
3. Rolling wave planning
4. Meetings

Question 6

What is Rolling Wave Planning?

Answer 6

An iterative planning technique in which the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail, while the work in the future is planned at a higher level.

As more is known about the upcoming events in the near term, work packages can be decomposed into activities.

Question 7

Activity list, attributes, milestones, change requests and updates to the schedule baseline and cost baseline are — of the ‘define activities’ process?

Answer 7

outputs