Chpt 11 - Project Planning And Scheduling

Question 1

Backward pass

Answer 1

A scheduling technique used to calculate an activity’s late start and late finish.

Question 2

Critical path

Answer 2

The longest path through a network diagram schedule, which includes those activities that have zero days of float. The critical path determines the overall project duration.

Question 3

Total float

Answer 3

The amount of leeway available to start or complete an individual schedule activity before it affects the planned project completion.

Question 4

Forward pass

Answer 4

A scheduling technique used to calculate an activity, early start and early finish. The Ford pass must be completed before the project duration can be determined.

Question 5

Gantt chart

Answer 5

Considered revolutionary when Henry Gantt first published his planning tool around 1910, a type of bar chart that illustrates a project schedule. It displays the start and finish dates of various activities of a project

Question 6

Gantt chart

Answer 6

Considered revolutionary when Henry Gantt first published his planning tool around 1910, a type of bar chart that illustrates a project schedule. It displays the start and finish dates of various activities of a project

Question 7

Network diagram

Answer 7

A common type of construction scheduled also called a critical path method CPM that depicts a continuous chain of activities showing them both active activity durations and the relationship of the activities. There are two types of network diagrams activity on arrow. AOA or an activity on node aon?

Question 8

Network logic

Answer 8

The order in which activities are sequenced into the network diagram relative to their interdependent relationships

Question 9

Network logic

Answer 9

The order in which activities are sequenced into the network diagram relative to their interdependent relationships

Question 10

Precedence diagramming

Answer 10

A graphic presentation of a schedule depicting project activities on a node with an arrow that depicts the dependencies that exist between activities

Question 11

Short interval schedules

Answer 11

Also called a look-ahead schedule. They focus on short periods of time and a limited scope of work. They usually plan work for the 2 to 4 week time period.

Question 12

What are the two most common types of schedules used in construction?

Answer 12

The two most common types of schedules used in construction are the Gantt chart or bar chart and the network diagram

Question 13

What are the two most common types of schedules used in construction?

Answer 13

The two most common types of schedules used in construction are the Gantt chart or bar chart and the network diagram

Question 14

Name the two techniques used to create a network diagram