Chapter 5 - Schedule Planning

Question 1

What is a Project Activity List?

Answer 1

A list of tasks needed to complete each work package of the project

Question 2

What is the Project Schedule?

Answer 2

The timing for each activity in the Activity List

Question 3

What is the Project Schedule based on?

Answer 3

• the required sequence of work
• the completion of activities on a certain date
• the duration of time the activity will take

Question 4

What is a Network Diagram?

Answer 4

A useful tool for displaying the logical order of activities

- rectangles define tasks, arrows connect tasks in order of completion

Question 5

What are the three main types of Project Schedules?

Answer 5

• milestone based
• activity based
• dependency based

Question 6

What is a Milestone based Schedule?

Answer 6

Each milestone is given with the date it should be completed by
- sorted in chronological order

Question 7

What is an Activity Based Schedule?

Answer 7

Each activity is given with a duration, start date and end date

• sorted in chronological order
• can be shown with activities under categories such as “To Do”, “Doing”, and “Done”

Question 8

What is a Dependency Based Schedule?

Answer 8

A Gantt Char

• tasks are shown on a timeline for their duration
• tasks are connected depending on which tasks need to be done first

Question 9

What is Finish to Start Dependencies?

Answer 9

Task 1 needs to be finished before starting task 2

Question 10

What is Start to Start Dependencies?

Answer 10

Task 1 and task 2 can be started at the same time

Question 11

What is Finish to Finish Dependencies?

Answer 11

Task 1 and Task 2 must end at the same time

Question 12

What is Dependency Lead?

Answer 12

Task 2 can start a set of time before (lead) task 1 ends

Question 13

What is Dependency Lag?

Answer 13

Task 2 can start a set of time after (lag) task 1 ends

Question 14

What is Critical Path?

Answer 14

The longest sequence of activities in a project

- this is the earliest the project can be completed

Question 15

What is Total Float?

Answer 15

The amount of time an activity can be delayed before it delays the project end date

Question 16

What is Forward Pass?

Answer 16

The earliest that each activity may occur

• Early Start (ES)
• Early Finish (EF)

Question 17

What is Backward Pass?

Answer 17

The latest that each activity may occur

• Late Start (LS)
• Late Finish (LF)

Question 18

What are the four dependency types?

Answer 18

• Finish->Start
• Start->Start
• Finish->Finish
• Start->Finish

Question 19

What is Baseline?

Answer 19

An approved part of the project plan
- scope
- cost
- schedule
Used as a basis for comparison when measuring the progress of the project or considering changes to the plan

Question 20

What is Free Float?

Answer 20

Amount of time an activity can be delayed before it delays a subsequent task or the project end date