Chapter 8 Project Managment Flashcards

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What are project management characteristics?

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Project planning
Project return
Project team
Project control

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What is project management ?

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Unique, one-time operations designed to accomplish a specific set of objectives in a limited time frame.

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What is giant chart?

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What are the giant chart characteristics?

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What is WBS ?

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Breaks down project into major components (modules), modules are further broken down into activities and, finally individual task.

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What are some functions of WBS?

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  • Identifies individual tasks, activities and determines resources requirements.
  • Identifies relationship between activities and modules, avoid unnecessary applications of activities
  • Provides the basis for developing and managing the project schedule, resources and modifications.
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What is project crashing?

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What is the general relationship of time and cost?

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F

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What is cost curve of a project?

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R

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What is CPM?

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F

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What is manual application ?

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W

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What is the difference of CPM and PERT

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Deterministic activity time vs probabilistic

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What the elements of project management ?

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Schedule
Resources 
Personnel
Control
Risk and problem analysis
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What are the approaches for WBS development?

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Top down process and Brainstorm the entire project

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