Chapter 6 Project Planning: The Schedule & Budget Flashcards
Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) is base on the idea that ____
a. people often inflate or add cushioning to their time estimates
b. PERT/CPM was developed in the 1950s so it is too old to be of any use
c. Precedence Diagramming only considers the critical path of a project
d. All of these
e. None of these
: people often inflate or add cushioning to their time estimates
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Under the Precedence Diagramming Method, the situation which occurs when a relationship between two tasks that can or must start at the same time is called:
a. Finish-To-Start (FS)
b. Start-To-Start (SS)
c. Finish-To-Finish (FF)
d. Start-To-Finish (SF)
e. None of these
: Start-To-Start (SS)
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The tool most closely associated with activity bars across a horizontal time axis is:
a. Project Network Diagrams
b. Gantt Charts
c. PERT
d. Activity on the Node
e. Critical Path Analysis
: Gantt Charts
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Many organizations have a kick-off meeting because
a. it brings closure to the planning phase of the project
b. it signals the initiation of the next phase of the IT project methodology
c. it communicates to everyone what the project is about
d. it can energize the stakeholders and get everyone excited about working on the project
e. All of these
: All of these
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____ provide valuable information about the logical sequence and dependencies among the various activities and tasks:
a. Work Breakdown Schedule
b. Gantt Chart
c. PERT
d. Project Network Diagrams
e. Critical Path Analysis
: Project Network Diagrams
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Once the project schedule and project budget are approved they become the ____
a. derivative plan
b. actual plan
c. baseline plan
d. project plan
e. schedule plan
: baseline plan
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Funds allocated for unexpected expenses are ____
a. Direct Costs
b. Indirect Costs
c. Sunk Costs
d. Learning Curve Costs
e. Reserve Costs
: Reserve Costs
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The technique used to find the sequence of tasks with zero slack (of float) is most closely associated with:
a. Project Network Diagrams
b. Gantt Charts
c. PERT
d. Activity on the Node
e. Critical Path Analysis
: Critical Path Analysis
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Under the Precedence Diagramming Method, the situation which occurs when two activities can start at different times, have different durations, but are planned to be completed at the same time is called:
a. Finish-To-Start (FS)
b. Start-To-Start (SS)
c. Finish-To-Finish (FF)
d. Start-To-Finish (SF)
e. None of these
: Finish-To-Finish (FF)
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The technique used to help manage the Polaris submarine project and which bases activity estimates on probabilistic estimates of three scenarios is most closely associated with:
a. Project Network Diagram
b. Gantt Charts
c. PERT
d. Activity on the Node
: PERT
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