Chapter 28 - Project Management Flashcards
Planning involves setting requirements in three critical areas:
time
fees
quality
_____ is scheduling the work required and making sure there are enough fees and staff to complete it
time planning
A ____ takes the total fee the designer will receive for the project and allocates it to the schedule and staff members who will work on the project, after deducting amounts for profit, overhead, and other expenses
fee projection
_____ involves determining with the client what the expectations are concerning design, cost, and other aspects of the project
quality planning
quality does not simply mean high-cost finishes but rather the requirements of the client based on his or her needs
____ is keeping track of the progress of the job to see if the planned aspects of time, fee, and quality are being accomplished
monitoring
what helps with monitoring?
a project monitoring chart
what does a project monitoring chart show?
original fee projections can be monitored by comparing weekly time sheets with the original estimates
actual money against budgeted fees
What is the excessive perfection syndrome?
the same amount of time and fee takes the project from 0-80% as it does to get from 80% to 90%
there are two major parts of a project schedule
design time
construction and installation time
while the overall construction schedule is determined by the contractor, the designer must project and estimated schedule during which phase?
programming
What’s one of the easiest and most common ways to schedule both design and construction?
the bar chart, or Gantt chart
what’s a short coming of the Gantt chart?
it cannot show all of the sequences and dependencies of one activity on another
A _______ graphically depicts all the tasks required to complete a project, the sequence in which they must occur, their duration, the earliest or latest possible starting time, and the earliest or latest possible finishing time
CPM chart (critical path method)each arrow in the CPM chart represents an activity with a beginning and an end point. no activity can begin until activities leading into the circle have been completed.
what’s represents the critical path in the CPM chart?
they heavy line in the illustration
Another technique sometimes used by contractors for large jobs is the program evaluation and review technique, or ______
PERT chart
similar to CPM but uses different charting methods
What’s a technique for developing a schedule that can involve all members of the design and construction team and client?
completing a full wall schedule. vertical lines lay out the weeks. each task is written on two 3x5 index cards (one labelled start and the other finish) and these are put on the board and moved around until everyone agrees upon them
four basic kinds of communication in a design office:
work assignment, instructional, reward and punishment, and social for the greatest impact deal with each separately
outline the task, time allowed, and results expected
in order to be clear
