Ch6.3 - Sequence Activities

Question 1

What is the Sequence Activities process

Answer 1

process of identifying and documenting relationships among the project activities

Question 2

What is the key benefit of the Sequence Activities process?

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Inputs for Sequence Activities process (7)

Answer 3

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

Question 4

ITTO Diagram

Answer 4

Insert Diagram 6.3

Question 5

TT for Sequence Activities process (3)

Answer 5

Precedence Diagraming, dependency determination, leads/lags

Question 6

Outputs for Sequence Activities process (2)

Answer 6

Project schedule network diagrams, project doc update

Question 7

Input: Schedule Management Plan

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Input: Activity List

Answer 8

Needed all activities so that they can be sequenced

Question 9

Input: Activity Attributes

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Input: Milestone List

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Input: Project Scope Statement

Answer 11

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.

Question 12

Input: EEF

Answer 12

Govt/industry standards, PMIS, scheduling tools

Question 13

Input: OPA

Answer 13

Lessons learned, standardized process, templates

Question 14

TT: PDM

Answer 14

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

Question 15

TT: Dependency Determination (4 attributes)

Answer 15

mandatory, discretionary, internal, external

Question 16

TT: Leads and Lags

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Output: Project Documents Updates

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Output: Project Schedule Network Diagrams

Answer 18

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

Question 19

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

Answer 19

AON - Activity on Node

Question 20

PDM - 2 types of activities

Answer 20

predecessor, successor

Question 21

PDM - 4 types of relationships

Answer 21

FS, FF, SS, SF

Question 22

PDM - dependency attributes interact in 4 ways

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Mandatory dependencies

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Discretionary dependencies

Answer 24

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

Question 25

External dependencies

Answer 25

relationship between project activities and non-project activities, usually outside the project team’s control. Ie software delivery

Question 26

Internal dependencies

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Insert 6-10 Lead and Lag ex

Answer 27

Insert 6-10