Chapter 5 - Scheduling

Question 1

this should include every activity needed to complete the project along with an identifier code, the WBS code, and a short description of the work.

Answer 1

Activity or Task List

Question 2

is an estimating technique that uses actual duration from similar tasks on previous projects. Most common during the beginning of the project and is the least accurate.

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Analogous Estimating / Top-Down Estimating

Question 3

a compression technique that looks at costs and schedule trade-offs. Examples are adding more resources to a project or adding overtime.

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Crashing

Question 4

the longest available full path on the project.

Answer 4

Critical Path

Question 5

determines the amount of float time for each activity on the schedule by calculating the earliest start date, earliest finish date, latest start date, and latest finish date for each task.

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Critical Path Method CPM

Question 6

relationships between activities.

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Dependencies

Question 7

a dependency that is process or procedure driven and my include best-practice techniques. Example: plan documents must be signed off before work may begin.

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Discretionary

Question 8

techniques used to shorten planned duration of the project to help resolve schedule slippage.

Answer 8

Duration Compression

Question 9

estimating technique that uses people most familiar with the work to determine the estimate.

Answer 9

Expert Judgement

Question 10

a dependency that has a relationship with some factor outside the project that drives scheduling. Example: A server cannot be installed until it is delivered by the vendor.

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External

Question 11

a compression technique that performs multiple tasks in parallel that originally scheduled to be sequentially.

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Fast Tracking

Question 12

the amount of time a task can be delayed without delaying the end of the project

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Float Time

Question 13

the most common way to display project schedules.

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Gantt Chart

Question 14

used as approval points in the project. CompTia objectives cite 3 types: client sign-off, management approval, and legislative approval.

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Governance gates

Question 15

a dependency that has a relationship within an individual project and under control of the project team.

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Internal

Question 16

an established and existing reliance or dependency between two particular elements of the project. There are four types in project management.

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Logical Relationships

Question 17

a dependency that is directly related to the type of work being performed. Example: a trench must be dug before a pipe can be set.

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Mandatory

Question 18

depicts the project activities and the interrelationships among them.

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Network Diagram

Question 19

is a quantitatively based estimating technique that multiplies the quantity of work by the rate. Example: a cable crew can place 5 mile of cable in one day. The crew should be able to place 50 miles of cable in 10 days.

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Parametric Estimating

Question 20

most commonly used network diagram method that uses boxes to represent the project activities and arrows to connect them to show the dependencies.

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Precedence Diagramming Method PDM

Question 21

an activity that comes before another activity.

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Predecessor

Question 22

an estimating technique developed by the Navy in the 1950’s to manage the Polaris Missile Program. Similar to three-point estimates.

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Program Evaluation and Review Technique PERT

Question 23

strategic check points during the project to ensure that the work is accurate and meets quality standards.

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Quality Gates

Question 24

describes the time frames in which resources are available.

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Resource Calendar

Question 25

the final, approved version of the project schedule that includes the baseline start and finish dates and resource assignments.

Answer 25

Schedule Baseline

Question 26

this is a process of identifying dependency relationships between project activities and putting them in the proper order.

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Sequencing

Question 27

an activity that comes after another activity.

Answer 27

Successor