CH5 - Planning / Sequence Activities (5.8)

Question 1

What is the process of identifying and documenting relationships among the project activities?

Answer 1

Sequence Activities Process

Question 2

What is the key benefit to the Sequence Activities Process?

Answer 2

It defines the logical sequence of work
to obtain the greatest efficiency given all project constraints.

Question 3

When is the Sequence Activities Process performed?

Answer 3

Throughout the project

Question 4

What are 2 Project Management Plan inputs to the Sequence Activities Process?

Answer 4

1. Schedule Management Plan
2. Scope baseline

Question 5

What are 4 Project Document inputs to the Sequence Activities Process?

Answer 5

1. Activity attributes
2. Activity list
3. Assumption log
4. Milestone list

Question 6

What are 4 general inputs to the Sequence Activities Process?

Answer 6

1. Project Management Plan
2. Project Documents
3. Enterprise Environmental Factors
4. Organizational Process Assets

Question 7

Precedence diagramming, dependency determination and integration, leads, lags and a project management information system are all —- to the Sequence Activities Process?

Answer 7

Tools and Techniques

Question 8

A type of network diagram that uses boxes or rectangles to represent activities and arrows to represent dependencies between them is called…

Answer 8

Precendence Diagram Method (PDM)

Question 9

What are 2 general outputs of the Sequence Activities Process?

Answer 9

1. Project schedule network diagrams
2. Project documents updates

Question 10

A network diagram that shows the critical path of a project, which is the longest path of dependent activities that determines the project’s duration is called…

Answer 10

Critical Path Method (CPM)

Question 11

A network diagram that uses arrows to represent activities and circles or nodes to represent events is called…

Answer 11

Arrow Diagramming Method (ADM)

Question 12

A network diagram that uses statistical analysis to estimate the duration of activities and the probability of completing the project on time is called…

Answer 12

Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)

Question 13

A network diagram that allows for conditional and probabilistic dependencies between activities is called…

Answer 13

Graphical Evaluation and Review Technique (GERT)

Question 14

A network diagram that uses nodes to represent activities and arrows to represent dependencies between them.

Answer 14

Activity-on-Node (AON)

Question 15

What help project managers to visualize the project schedule and identify dependencies between tasks?

Answer 15

Network Diagrams

Question 16

Activity attributes, activity list, assumptions log and milestone list are all —- that are updated as an output of the Sequence Activities Process?

Answer 16

Project Documents

Question 17

What process concentrates on converting the project
activities from a list to a diagram to act as a first step to publish the schedule baseline?

Answer 17

Sequence Activities Process