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Chapter 4 Time Management Flashcards

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Input to plan schedule management process?

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OPA
eEF
PMP
Project Charter

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Processes of time management?

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  1. Plan schedule management
  2. Define activities: activities list
  3. Sequence activities: id & document in project schedule network diagram relationship among activities
  4. Estimate activity resources
  5. Estimate activity duration
  6. Develop schedule
  7. Control schedule
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Tools of plan schedule management?

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Analytical techniques
Expert judgement
Meetings

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Output of plan schedule management process?

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Schedule management plan:

-How to management plan
-Define criteria and process to develop, monitor & control e.g:
Level of accuracy
Performance measurement rules. EV, spi, sv
Reporting formats

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Inputs to define activities process?

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Schedule management plan
Scope baseline: project scope statement, wbs & wbs dictionary
OPA
EEF

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Tools of define activities process?

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Expert judgement

Rolling wave planning - iterative planning based on progressive elaboration / plan as you go

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Outputs of define activities process?

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  1. Activities list - lower lvl than wbs
  2. Activities attributes - description, relationship between activities and resourcing required
  3. Milestone list - important checkpoints of the project
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Inputs to sequence activities process?

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Activity list
Activity attributes
Milestone list
Schedule management plan
OPA
EEF
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Tools of sequence activities process?

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  1. Precedence diagramming method (PDM) or network diagram
  2. Dependency determination
  3. Leads and lags
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Outputs of sequence activities process?

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Project schedule network diagram

Project document updates

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Dependency determination - four major dependencies?

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  1. Mandatory - often legally required.
  2. Discretionary - preferred logic.
  3. External - beyond the team’s control.
  4. Internal - within the team’s control.
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Lead and lags?

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Lead = start an activity before it’s predecessor is finished
E.g.
FS-5 days

Lags = delay before successor can start

E.g.
FS+3 days

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Inputs to estimate activity resources process?

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  1. Schedule management plan
  2. Activity list
  3. Activity attributes
  4. Resource calendars
  5. Risk register
  6. Activity cost estimate
  7. EEF
  8. OPA
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Tools of estimate activity resources process?

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  1. Expert judgement
  2. Alternatives analysis
  3. Bottom up estimating
  4. Published estimating data
  5. PM software
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Outputs of estimate activity resources process?

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  1. Activity resource requirements
  2. Resource breakdown structure - hierarchical structure of resources, organised by resource category and resource type
  3. Project document updates
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Inputs to estimate activity duration process?

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Schedule management plan
Activity list
Activity attributes
Activity resource requirements
Resource calendar
Project scope statement
Risk register
Resource breakdown structure
OPA
EEF
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Tools of estimate activity duration?

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Expert judgement
Analogue estimating
Parametric estimating
Three point estimating
Group decision making
Reserve analysis
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Outputs to estimate activity duration process?

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Activity duration estimates

Project document updates

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Analogous (top down estimate)?

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Estimating based on previous project activities

Least accurate

Least time consuming

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Parametric estimating?

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Simple maths relationship estimating

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Three point estimating?

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By default = beta distribution

(O+4ML+P)/6

Triangular distribution

(O+ML+P)/3

Standard deviation of beta distr.

(P - O)/6

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Reserve analysis?

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Contingency reserve - known unknown

Management reserve - unknown unknown

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Inputs to develop schedule process?

A 
Schedule management plan
Activity list 
Activity attributes
Milestone list
RBS
Project scope statement
Risk register
Resource calendar
Activity resource requirements
Project schedule network diagrams
Project staff assignment
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Tools to develop schedule process?

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Schedule network analysis
Critical path method
Critical chain method
Resource optimisation technique
Modelling technique
Leads and lags 
scheduling tool
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CPM definition?

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Longest sequence activities in the project

Minimum duration of the project

Delay in cp activities will delay project completion

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CCM definition?

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Used to account for limited resources and project uncertainties.

CCM focuses on resource allocation, optimization and levelling and activity duration uncertainty on critical path,

CCM add duration buffers to any schedule path.

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Outputs to develop schedule process?

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Schedule baseline
Project schedule
Project calendar
PMP updates
Schedule data
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Inputs to control schedule process?

A 
PMP
Project schedule
Work performance data
Project calendars
Schedule data
OPA
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Tools to control schedule process?

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Performance reviews
Project management software
Resource optimization technique
Modelling technique
Leads and lags
Schedule compression
Scheduling tool
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Outputs to control schedule process?

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Work performance info
Schedule forecast
Change request
PMP updates
OPA updates
Project document updates
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CPM free float facts?

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Free float = ES(s) - FS(p) - 1

All float is total float = time an activity maybe delayed or extended without affecting total project duration.

Some total float is free float = time an activity maybe delayed without affecting the start of any successor activity.

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Fast tracking vs crashing?

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Fast tracking speed up schedule by completing activities in parallel

Crashing speed up schedule by adding resources

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