Ch6.3 - Sequence Activities Flashcards

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What is the Sequence Activities process

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process of identifying and documenting relationships among the project activities

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What is the key benefit of the Sequence Activities process?

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

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Inputs for Sequence Activities process (7)

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EEF,
OPA,
Schedule Mgmt Plan,
activity List,
Activity Attributes,
Milestone List,
Project Scope statement
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ITTO Diagram

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Insert Diagram 6.3

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TT for Sequence Activities process (3)

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Precedence Diagraming, dependency determination, leads/lags

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Outputs for Sequence Activities process (2)

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Project schedule network diagrams, project doc update

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Input: Schedule Management Plan

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Needed so that we know the scheduling method and tool to be used for the project

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Input: Activity List

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Needed all activities so that they can be sequenced

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Input: Activity Attributes

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attributes may describe a necessary sequence of events or defined predecessor or successor relationships.

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Input: Milestone List

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milestone list may have scheduled dates for specific milestones, which may influence the way activities are sequenced.

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Input: Project Scope Statement

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contains the product scope description, which includes product characteristics that may affect activity sequencing, such as the physical layout of a plant to be constructed or subsystem interfaces on a software project. project deliverables, project constraints, and project assumptions may also affect activity sequencing.

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Input: EEF

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Govt/industry standards, PMIS, scheduling tools

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Input: OPA

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Lessons learned, standardized process, templates

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TT: PDM

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Precedence diagramming method (PDM), Dependency determination, leads and lags

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TT: Dependency Determination (4 attributes)

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mandatory, discretionary, internal, external

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16
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TT: Leads and Lags

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Lead - amount of time whereby a successor activity can be advanced with respect to a predecessor activity. often represented as a negative value for lag

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Output: Project Documents Updates

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Activity lists,
Activity attributes,
Milestone list, and
Risk register.

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Output: Project Schedule Network Diagrams

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graphical representation of the logical relationships, also referred to as dependencies, among the project schedule activities. full project details, or have one or more summary activities

19
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PDM - method of representing a precedence diagram is known as what?

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AON - Activity on Node

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PDM - 2 types of activities

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predecessor, successor

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PDM - 4 types of relationships

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FS, FF, SS, SF

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PDM - dependency attributes interact in 4 ways

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mandatory external dependencies, mandatory internal dependencies, discretionary external dependencies, or discretionary internal dependencies.

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Mandatory dependencies

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legally or contractually required or inherent in the nature of the work, aka hard logic or hard dependencies

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Discretionary dependencies

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best practices, desired sequence even though there are other acceptable sequences, preferred logic, preferential logic, or soft logic. Should be fully documented since create arbitrary float values

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External dependencies
relationship between project activities and non-project activities, usually outside the project team's control. Ie software delivery
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Internal dependencies
precedence relationship between project activities and are generally inside the project team's control. Ex: if the team cannot test a machine until they assemble it, this is an internal mandatory dependency
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Insert 6-10 Lead and Lag ex
Insert 6-10