Chapter 5 - Scheduling Flashcards
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.
Activity or Task List
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.
Analogous Estimating / Top-Down Estimating
a compression technique that looks at costs and schedule trade-offs. Examples are adding more resources to a project or adding overtime.
Crashing
the longest available full path on the project.
Critical Path
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.
Critical Path Method CPM
relationships between activities.
Dependencies
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.
Discretionary
techniques used to shorten planned duration of the project to help resolve schedule slippage.
Duration Compression
estimating technique that uses people most familiar with the work to determine the estimate.
Expert Judgement
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.
External
a compression technique that performs multiple tasks in parallel that originally scheduled to be sequentially.
Fast Tracking
the amount of time a task can be delayed without delaying the end of the project
Float Time
the most common way to display project schedules.
Gantt Chart
used as approval points in the project. CompTia objectives cite 3 types: client sign-off, management approval, and legislative approval.
Governance gates
a dependency that has a relationship within an individual project and under control of the project team.
Internal
an established and existing reliance or dependency between two particular elements of the project. There are four types in project management.
Logical Relationships
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.
Mandatory
depicts the project activities and the interrelationships among them.
Network Diagram
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.
Parametric Estimating
most commonly used network diagram method that uses boxes to represent the project activities and arrows to connect them to show the dependencies.
Precedence Diagramming Method PDM
an activity that comes before another activity.
Predecessor
an estimating technique developed by the Navy in the 1950’s to manage the Polaris Missile Program. Similar to three-point estimates.
Program Evaluation and Review Technique PERT
strategic check points during the project to ensure that the work is accurate and meets quality standards.
Quality Gates
describes the time frames in which resources are available.
Resource Calendar
the final, approved version of the project schedule that includes the baseline start and finish dates and resource assignments.
Schedule Baseline
this is a process of identifying dependency relationships between project activities and putting them in the proper order.
Sequencing
an activity that comes after another activity.
Successor
